Milestones

Fri., Aug. 1, 1997

Ten years ago: Iranians attacked the Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti embassies in Tehran as word spread of rioting in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a day earlier that claimed some 400 lives, most of them Iranian pilgrims.

Five years ago: The Supreme Court permitted the Bush administration to continue returning Haitians intercepted at sea to their Caribbean homeland. Gail Devers won the women’s 100 meters and Linford Christie the men’s 100 meters at the Barcelona Summer Olympics.

One year ago: In a political victory for President Clinton, a federal jury in Little Rock, Ark., acquitted two Arkansas bankers of misapplying bank funds and conspiracy to boost his political career; the jury deadlocked on seven other counts.

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