Milestones
Ten years ago: Secretary of State George P. Shultz, visiting the Soviet Union, met with President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who reportedly criticized the Reagan administration for its “confrontational” approach to U.S.-Soviet relations.
Five years ago: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor victims of Nazi extermination.
One year ago: In Peru, government commandos stormed the Japanese ambassador’s residence, ending a 126-day hostage crisis. President Clinton flew over the flooded town of Grand Forks, N.D. A jury of seven men and five women was chosen in Denver to hear the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.