CNN Interactive - Almanac - September 25, 1998

President Clinton attends political fund-raiser in Chicago, then travels to California.
U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen attends Balkan foreign ministers meeting in Skopje, Macedonia.
Public viewing scheduled in Los Angeles for track and field great Florence Griffith Joyner, who died Monday at age 38.
Candlelight vigils are scheduled in Washington, D.C., and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to demonstrate community unity in support of research for the treatment of cancer.

Saturday, September 27, funeral services for track and field great Florence Griffith Joyner to be held in Lake Forest, California.
Sunday, September 27, national elections to be held in Germany.
Monday, September 28, hearing is scheduled for U.S. Embassy bombing suspect Khalid Salim, charged in the Aug. 7 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi
Tuesday, September 29, major league baseball playoffs begin.
Wednesday, September 30, last day of the 1998 World's Fair in Lisbon, Portugal.

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In 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.
In 1789 the first U.S. Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification.
In 1957, nine black children had to be escorted to class by U.S. Army troops at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of racial unrest.
In 1973, the three-man crew of the U.S. space laboratory "Skylab Two" splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after spending 59 days in orbit.
In 1978, 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego.
In 1979, the musical "Evita" opened on Broadway.
In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.