CNN Interactive - Almanac - September 12, 1998

Primary elections to be held in Delaware.
Hoboken Historical Museum and Society of the Madonna in New Jersey sponsor walking tour of Frank Sinatra's birthplace, church, school and house.
In Shakopee, Minn., Alfred Wolfram attempts to break his current record in the Guinness Book of Records by kissing more than 10,504 people.
Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, hosts more than 300 roller-coaster enthusiasts for Third Annual Coaster Celebration.

On Sunday, September 13, the 50th annual Emmy awards take place in Los Angeles.
On Monday, September 14, trial tentatively scheduled to begin in Pontiac, Michigan, in wrongful-death lawsuit against talk show host Jenny Jones.
On Tuesday, September 15, attorneys face deadline to file appeal on U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright's ruling to release President Clinton's deposition in the Paula Jones case.
On Wednesday, September 16, Hearing in Philadelphia for Marie Noe, charged with killing eight of her ten children.
On Thursday, September 17, President Clinton tentatively scheduled to travel to Cincinnati and Boston.

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In 1609, Henry Hudson, English navigator and explorer, entered the river later known as the Hudson, in North America.
In 1848, Switzerland adopted a new constitution under which it became a federal republic.
In 1878, the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, originally cut from the quarries of Aswan in about 1475 B.C., was erected in London.
In 1913, Jesse Owens, U.S. athlete and winner of four gold medals, was born.
In 1935, U.S. millionaire Howard Hughes flew a plane at 352.46 mph to establish the first of his several aviation records.
In 1940, four teenagers followed their dog when it disappeared down a hole near Lascaux, France, and discovered 17,000-year-old drawings now known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings.
In 1953, American politician and future president John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.
In 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was elected first secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
In 1968, Albania announced it was withdrawing from the Warsaw
Pact.
In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia since 1930, was overthrown in a coup.
In 1977, South African black civil rights leader Steve Biko died in police detention. He was among at least 90 black leaders who were murdered or went missing under white rule.
In 1986, American Joseph Cicippio was kidnapped in Lebanon. He was released in December 1991 after 1,906 days in captivity.
In 1992, The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour took off with a crew that included Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.