CNN Interactive - Almanac - November 15, 1998

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is scheduled to speak at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Election scheduled in Japan in tight race for Okinawa governor.
Young people aged 10 to 16 from 54 countries are to gather in Cambridge for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Junior Summit '98.

On Monday, November 16, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is scheduled to meet at The Hague, Netherlands, to announce verdicts and sentences against three Muslims and a Croat accused of atrocities against Bosnian Serbs in 1992.
On Wednesday, November 18, House Republicans are scheduled to meet in Washington to choose leadership for the 106th Congress; including a replacement for outgoing Speaker Newt Gingrich.
On Thursday, November 19, the House Judiciary Committee will open impeachment hearings in Washington. Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr is scheduled to testify.
On Friday, November 20, the launch of the Zarya Control Module, the first component of the International Space Station, is scheduled in Baikonur, Kazakstan.

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In 1777, the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" adopted by Continental Congress.
In 1794, John Witherspoon, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, died.
In 1864, Gen. Sherman burned Atlanta.
In 1869, free postal delivery was formally inaugurated.
In 1881, The American Federation of Labor was formed.
In 1889, Brazil became a republic.
In 1920, the League of Nations met for the first time.
In 1926, NBC made its debut with 24 radio stations.
In 1969, about 250,000 people marched in Washington to protest the Vietnam War.
In 1980, West Germany has its first papal visit in 200 years.
In 1983, the Equal Rights Amendment failed in the House.