Milestones

Ten years ago: In a ceremony at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, President Reagan signed a measure providing for U.S. participation in an anti-genocide treaty signed by President Truman in 1948.

Five years ago: The White House challenged Ross Perot to a debate on the North American Free Trade Agreement with Vice President Al Gore; Perot, calling it “a desperate move,” quickly accepted.

One year ago: In off-year elections, Republicans won high profile races: New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman won a cliffhanger re-election; New York City and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani won a second term. Iraq agreed to postpone the expulsion of American weapons inspectors until after U.N. envoys finished their mission.