CNN Interactive - Almanac - September 29, 1998

House Commerce panel holds hearing in Washington on whether investors have adequate information about bond prices and mutual fund fees.
Yom Kippur begins at sundown.
Major League Baseball playoffs begin.

Wednesday, September 30, last day of the 1998 World's Fair in Lisbon, Portugal.
Thursday, October 1, hearing scheduled in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, in case of the pilot and navigator of a Marine jet that clipped an Italian ski gondola in February 1998.
Friday, October 2, Pope John Paul II visits Croatia.
Saturday, October 3, Nevada Athletic Commission may announce a decision on relicensing boxer Mike Tyson.
Sunday, October 4, National Gallery of Art in Washington opens exhibition of 70 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, many of which have never been seen outside Holland.

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In 1066. William the Conqueror invades England to claim English throne.
In 1399, King Richard II of England abdicates.
In 1875, rebellion in Cuba leads to deterioration of U.S.-Spanish relations.
In 1911, Italy declares war on Turkey, and Italian fleet bombards Tripoli coast.
In 1923, British mandate in Palestine begins.
In 1972, China and Japan normalize relations.
In 1979, Pope John Paul II addresses crowd of more than 1 million in Dublin to make impassioned appeal for peace in Northern Ireland.
In 1988, U.N. peacekeeping forces monitoring world's trouble spots for 40 years win Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1994, prodded by the United States, NATO allies agree to intensify retaliatory air strikes in Bosnia.