On Saturday, August 15, the Million Children March is to take place in Washington. Entertainers Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles are expected to perform. On Sunday, August 16, the National Conference of Christians and Jews is scheduled to present a humanitarian award to Cardinal Francis George in Chicago. On Monday, August 17, President Clinton is scheduled to testify in the Monica Lewinsky matter, answering questions from Independent Counsel Ken Starr's grand jury from the White House via closed-circuit television. To find out more, click here .
Today is Brisbane Show Day in Australia.
It's Defense Forces Day in Zimbabwe. Choreographer Michael Kidd is 79. Jazz musician Pat Metheny is 44. Tennis player Pete Sampras is 27. In 1099, in the First Crusade the Crusaders defeated the Egyptians at Ascalon on the Palestine coast.