Ten years ago: President Reagan visited Tuskegee University, one of the nation’s oldest black educational institutions, where he told graduating seniors his administration “won’t be satisfied until every American who wants a job has a job and is earning a decent living.”

Five years ago: Astronaut Pierre Thuot tried but failed to snag a wayward satellite during a spacewalk outside the shuttle Endeavour. A trio of astronauts succeeded in capturing the Intelsat-Six three days later.

One year ago: Two Marine helicopters collided in the dark and crashed in a piney swamp at Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a U.S.-British training exercise, killing 14 people.