CNN Interactive - Almanac - December 19, 1998

The House of Representatives in Washington is scheduled to conclude a floor debate and vote on articles of impeachment against President Clinton, including two counts of perjury, one of obstruction of justice and one of abuse of power.
The Opening of World Jewish Expo '98 is scheduled in New York.
U.S. military airstrikes against Iraq may continue, in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of U.N. weapons inspectors.
Anti-war demonstrators are scheduled to join the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Washington Peace Center (WPC) and various other peace groups in a march from the FBI building to the White House for a rally to protest the bombing of Iraq.
President Clinton's weekly radio address, on the subject of the U.S. attack on Iraq, is scheduled to be broadcast in Washington.

On Monday, December 21, the sentencing of a 16-year-old youth who made a plea agreement in the "Scream 2" movie-like stabbing of his ex-girlfriend's parents is scheduled in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, December 22, the Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to meet in Washington to review interest rates.
On Wednesday, December 23, Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma is scheduled to begin two days of talks with Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Discussions will likely focus on gas supplies.
On Thursday, December 24, Pope John Paul II is scheduled to observe the Christmas Eve midnight Mass at Vatican City.

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In 1154, Henry II crowned as King of England; his great achievement was to strengthen the administration of the country and to establish the Exchequer.
In 1564, the Battle of Dreux took place when Catholics defeated the Huguenots in the first French Religious War.
In 1793, in the French Revolutionary wars, French forces under General Dugommier and Napoleon Bonaparte recaptured the city of Toulon from the English.
In 1939, the German cruise liner Columbus was scuttled by its crew in the Atlantic after being followed by a U.S. cruiser; 577 survivors were picked up.
In 1941, Adolph Hitler took over as commander-in-chief of the army after sacking Field Marshal von Brauchitsch.
In 1957, an agreement was signed to start a regular air service between Moscow and London.
In 1965, Charles de Gaulle won 54.5 percent of the vote in the French presidential election, defeating Francois Mitterrand.
In 1981, eight crewmen on the Penlee lifeboat drowned as they battled in vain to save the crew of the coaster Union Star off Cornwall, England.
In 1984, Britain and China signed an agreement for the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
In 1992, South African President F.W. de Klerk said he had sacked or suspended 23 military officers, including two generals, for illegal and unauthorized activities and malpractices.
In 1993, two years after he was charged, a Pakistani court acquitted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, of kidnapping.
In 1995, Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky and his government, threatened by a looming budget row, tendered their resignations to President Thomas Klestil.