Milestones

Ten years ago: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork concluded five days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, vowing that he would “interpret the law and not make it.”

Five years ago: Top finance officials of the seven largest industrial countries pledged in Washington, D.C., to cooperate closely to resolve the worst currency crisis in two decades.

One year ago: American astronaut Shannon Lucid, on board the Russian space station Mir since March, eagerly greeted shuttle Atlantis crew members hours after their arrival and docking. Also, IBM announced it would extend health benefits to the partners of its homosexual employees.