CNN Interactive - Almanac - October 2, 1998

Pope John Paul II visits Croatia.
President Clinton is tentatively scheduled to make campaign appearances for Democratic candidates in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
House Government Reform subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Pentagon's domestic preparedness programs, which are in response to recent attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in Gaithersburg, Maryland, for boxer Mike Tyson, who faces an assault charge stemming from a minor traffic accident on Aug.31.
National Basketball Hall of Fame induction takes place in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Saturday, October 3, representatives of world's biggest oil companies scheduled to meet in Vienna to discuss industry restructuring and geopolitics of petroleum.
Sunday, October 4, Tipper Gore leads 12th annual AIDS Walk in Washington.
Monday, October 5, U.S. Judiciary Committee may vote on resolution to begin impeachment hearings.
Tuesday, October 6, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled as keynote speaker for 40th anniversary of Women's Emergency Committee to Open our Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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In 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, New York.
In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River.
In 1869, political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.
In 1919, President Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
In 1924, the League of Nations adopts Geneva Protocol for peaceful settlement of international disputes.
In 1950, the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, was first published in nine newspapers.
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; he was the first black appointed to the nation's highest court.
In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at age 59 after battling the deadly disease AIDS.