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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Milestones

Ten years ago: Three people were killed when a new Airbus A-320 jetliner carrying more than 130 people crashed into a forest during an air show flight in Mulhouse, France.

Five years ago: President Clinton announced the U.S. had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of “compelling evidence” Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President Bush.

One year ago: In a series of decisions, the Supreme Court: Ruled that terminally ill Americans had no constitutional right to doctor-assisted suicide, but did nothing to bar states from legalizing the process; struck down a congressional attempt to keep pornography off the Internet; let stand the president’s line-item veto authority without addressing its constitutionality.