CNN Interactive - Almanac - October 12, 1998

I will work with the Republican majority to do the right thing for our country. We must pass a budget that is fiscally responsible, that honors our values, that invests in the education of our children.

-- President Clinton

President Clinton is scheduled to make campaign appearances for candidates in New York and Miami.
The winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine is to be announced in Stockholm.
Defense Secretary William Cohen is scheduled to conduct diplomatic talks in Kuwait.
Jordan's Queen Noor and world experts to convene for two-day conference, "Water: Dispute, Prevention and Development" to be held in Washington.

Tuesday, October 13, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry is expected to be announced in Stockholm.
Wednesday, October 14, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics is to be announced.
Thursday, October 15, Israeli and Palestinian leaders are scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Washington in an effort to work out a West Bank accord.
Friday, October 16, President Clinton is scheduled to make campaign appearances on behalf of candidates in Chicago and St. Louis.
Saturday, October 17, the World Series is scheduled to begin.

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In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrives in America.
In 1822, Brazil becomes independent of Portugal.
In 1934, Peter II becomes King of Yugoslavia following assassination of his father, King Alexander.
In 1945, Allied Control Council in Germany orders dissolution of Nazi Party after World War II.
In 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev upsets decorum of U.N. General Assembly by pounding desk with his shoe.
In 1969, Soviet Union launches Soyuz VII spacecraft with three men aboard to join two men in orbit in Soyuz VI.
In 1975, Pope Paul VI canonizes an Irish archbishop, Oliver Plunkett, who was executed by British in 1681.
In 1995, Panama grants asylum to Haiti's Raoul Cedras, who had taken power in a 1991 coup.
In 1997, Cuban President Fidel Castro endorses his brother Raul to succeed him when he dies.