Milestones
Ten years ago: Vice President George Bush defended the Vietnam-era National Guard service of running mate Dan Quayle, saying, “He did not go to Canada, he did not burn his draft card and he damn sure didn’t burn the American flag.”
Five years ago: NASA engineers continued trying, without success, to reestablish contact with the Mars Observer.
One year ago: A federal official threw out the Teamsters election because of alleged campaign fund-raising abuses, forcing union President Ron Carey into another race against James P. Hoffa.