CNN Interactive - Almanac - October 21, 1998

The first meeting is scheduled between White House lawyers and House Judiciary Committee aides who are conducting impeachment inquiry of President Clinton.
Diplomats from North Korea, South Korea, United States and China open new round of talks in Geneva seeking to work out durable peace plan for Korean Peninsula.
Queen Elizabeth II unveils the newly restored Albert Memorial in London, after an eight-year renovation project.

On Thursday, October 22, a House Judiciary subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the history and background of presidential impeachment in Washington.
On Friday, October 23, Thailand observes Chulalongkorn Day, the annual commemoration of the death of King Chulalongkorn the Great, who died October 23, 1910, after a 42-year reign.
On Saturday, October 24, Independent Counsel Ken Starr attends a symposium at the University of Minnesota commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on United States vs. Nixon.
On Sunday, October 25, the launch of NASA's Deep Space 1 aboard Boeing Delta 7326 rocket is rescheduled for today. It is the first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program at Cape Canaveral.
On Monday, October 26, groundbreaking for the Oklahoma City bombing memorial to be concluded today.

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In 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate "Constitution," also known as "Old Ironsides," was launched in Boston's harbor.
In 1805, a British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.
In 1917, members of the First Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen.
In 1959, the Guggenheim Museum opened to the public in New York.
In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon held their fourth and final presidential debate.
In 1967, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters marched in Washington.
In 1971, President Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist for the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1988, a federal grand jury in New York indicted former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos and his wife, Imelda, on charges of fraud and racketeering.