Milestones

Ten years ago: President Reagan arrived in Italy to prepare for a summit of major industrialized democracies, the 13th such gathering of world leaders.

Five years ago: Undeclared presidential candidate Ross Perot announced he’d hired Hamilton Jordan and Edward Rollins to help steer his campaign. Democrat Bill Clinton appeared on “The Arsenio Hall Show.”

One year ago: The FBI pulled the plug on electricity at the Freemen ranch in Montana in an attempt to persuade the occupants to negotiate an end to the 71-day-old standoff.

During joint war games in the Pacific, a Japanese destroyer mistakenly shot down an American attack plane; two Navy aviators ejected safely.