Milestones

Ten years ago: Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart, dogged by reports about his relationship with Miami model Donna Rice, put his campaign on hold and flew home to Denver to be with his family.

Five years ago: A 203-year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise received enough votes for ratification as Michigan became the 38th state to approve it.

One year ago: The first international war crimes proceeding since Nuremberg opened at The Hague, in the Netherlands, with a Serbian police officer, Dusan Tadic, facing trial on murder-torture charges. A verdict has yet to be rendered.