Milestones

Sat., July 18, 1998

Ten years ago: Texas Treasurer Ann Richards delivered the keynote address at the Democratic national convention in Atlanta, needling Republican nominee-apparent George Bush as having been “born with a silver foot in his mouth.”

Five years ago: FBI Director William Sessions continued to resist White House suggestions he step down, saying he would resign only if President Clinton asked him to.

One year ago: German businessman Thomas Kramer was slapped with a record $323,000 penalty by the Federal Election Commission for making illegal U.S. political contributions. All key systems on the Russian space station Mir returned to near-normal, about 24 hours after the already disabled spacecraft had lost power.

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