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Saturday, September 19, 1998
- Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is scheduled to visit the United States.
- Boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Vaughn Bean to be held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
- Skymark Airlines to start flight service between Tokyo and Fukuoka, becoming the first new airline in 35 years to enter Japan's domestic air service market.
- The 78th annual Miss America Pageant is to be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- On Sunday, September 20, President Clinton heads to New York City to attend U.N. General Assembly meetings.
- On Monday, September 21, Leaders from across the globe gather to address U.N. General Assembly general debate in New York.
- On Tuesday, September 22, President Clinton meets with Japanese Prime Minister Obuchi at the Rockefeller family estate in Tarrytown, New York.
- On Wednesday, September 23, NASA sponsors Challenge Mission, an eight-day deployment of the Carpenter Space Analog Station on the sea floor off Key Largo, Florida.
- On Thursday, September 24, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno hosts national "Summit on School Violence and Kids" in Salt Lake City.
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- Baseball player James Anthony Abbott is 31.
- Actor Kevin Hooks ("The White Shadow") is 40.
- Actor Jeremy Irons ("Moonlighting") is 50.
- Journalist Joan Lunden is 47.
- Actor Randolph Mantooth ("Emergency") is 53.
- Actor David McCallum ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E.") is 65.
- Actress Twiggy {"The Boyfriend") is 49.
- Actor Adam West ("Batman") is 70.
- Singer Paul Williams is 58.
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- In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga.
- In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin.
- In 1870, in the Franco-Prussian War, the Prussians began a siege of Paris.
- In 1876, the first carpet sweeper was patented by inventor Melville Bissell, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who later formed his own company.
- In 1888, the world's first beauty contest took place at Spa in Belgium. The first prize was awarded to Bertha Soucaret, an 18-year-old Creole from Guadeloupe.
- In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York and charged with the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh infant.
- In 1957, the United States conducted its first underground nuclear test, in the Nevada desert.
- In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reacted angrily during a visit to Los Angeles upon being told that, for security reasons, he wouldn't be allowed to visit Disneyland.
- In 1983, the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Nevis became an independent state.
- In 1985, the Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating quakes that claimed some 6,000 lives.
- In 1994, thousands of U.S. troops swept ashore in Haiti to launch an intervention aimed at restoring democracy.
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