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Own every card of 1998.
Eleven countries are chosen in May to share the single European currency. The Good Friday Agreement in April brings hope of peace to Northern Ireland. In September two Stanford students start a search engine in a rented garage. The web is starting to find its way around.
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Adidas
Blue, white and red for France: the ball of the 1998 World Cup, held there from 10 June to 12 July, was the first with more than two colours used at a World Cup finals. Adidas designed and developed it especially for the event.
Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa (CC BY 2.0)
In 1955 two ferries sank in the strait during a storm, killing 168 children, and the shock revived a bridge first proposed around 1930. Work began in May 1988 on a 1,991-metre central span built to resist winds of 290 km/h (180 mph) and magnitude 8.5 earthquakes.
Photo: Tysto (Public domain)
Hasbro
Part rodent, part cat, part owl: this robotic plush of 1998 was meant to be raised like a virtual pet. The more its owner looked after it, the more it talked. These toys chatted with one another in their own language, Furbish. Some limited colour runs are now hunted by collectors.
Photo: Yoleeth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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