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Milestones

Ten years ago: Hijackers of a Kuwait Airways jetliner killed a second hostage, dumping his body onto the ground in Larnaca, Cyprus. “The Last Emperor” won best picture at the 60th annual Academy Awards ceremony; Cher won best actress for “Moonstruck,” Michael Douglas best actor for “Wall Street.”

Five years ago: A deadly riot erupted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio; one guard and nine inmates were killed during the 11-day siege.

One year ago: The Air Force announced that it couldn’t find a bomb-laden A-10 warplane that had disappeared with its pilot during a training mission over Arizona. Wreckage was later found on a Colorado mountainside.