Milestones

Ten years ago: A Soviet military transport plane crashed, killing nearly 80 people. Sixty-two people were killed when tons of illegal fireworks exploded in a Mexico City marketplace.

Five years ago: President Clinton, in his weekly radio talk, said the nation must fight “violence with values” and praised radio stations that refused to play songs advocating violent crime or showing contempt for women.

One year ago: More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth’s greenhouse gases. Henry Cisneros, President Clinton’s first housing secretary, was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice and making false statements about payments to former mistress.