CNN Interactive - Almanac - September 21, 1998

U.S. President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony and 2,800 pages of supporting information is to be released to the public.
Leaders from across the globe gather to address U.N. General Assembly general debate in New York.
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plans to meet with Iran's foreign minister in New York as part of an eight-nation effort designed to head off conflict between Iran and the Taliban, which controls most of Afghanistan.

On Tuesday, September 22, U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at the Rockefeller family estate in Tarrytown, N.Y.
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, Utah.
On Friday, September 25, U.S. President Bill Clinton is to attend a political fund-raiser in Chicago and then travel to California.
On Saturday, September 26, Cindy Crawford, Aretha Franklin, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Michael Bolton are to join the National Cancer March in Washington, D.C.

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In 1792, the French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
In 1897, the New York Sun ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
In 1937, "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published.
In 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
In 1949, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders.
In 1973, the U.S. Senate confirmed Henry Kissinger to be Secretary of State.
In 1977, after weeks of controversy over past business and banking practices, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's embattled budget director, Bert Lance, resigned.
In 1996, John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in a secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia.