Milestones

Ten years ago: Ten years ago: President Reagan returned home from the superpower summit in Moscow after a stopover in London.

Five years ago: President Clinton abandoned his nomination of Lani Guinier to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, hearing critics who accused her of far-out views on minority rights.

One year ago: After a bloody coup, 1,200 foreigners fled Sierra Leone aboard an American warship. The United States banned most slaughtered-animal parts from livestock feed because of concerns over “mad cow disease.”