Milestones

Ten years ago: The commander of the U.S. frigate Stark, who lost 37 of his sailors in an Iraqi missile attack, broke his silence. Captain Glenn Brindel said he was warned only seconds before the missiles struck, and that he’d had no time to activate the ship’s defense system.

Five years ago: Proclaiming his innocence to the end, Roger Keith Coleman was executed in Virginia’s electric chair for the 1981 rape-murder of his sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy.

One year ago: The Supreme Court struck down, 6-3, a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination. In another decision, the court curtailed, 5-4, huge jury awards aimed at punishing or deterring misconduct.