Milestones
Ten years ago: Yugoslav President Raif Dizdarevic warned citizens in a national radio and television address that continued nationalist and economic unrest could lead to a state of emergency.
Five years ago: Special U.S. envoy Robert Oakley traveled to Somalia in an attempt to revive a tentative peace agreement reached by Somali clan leaders.
One year ago: Hurricane Pauline struck Acapulco, Mexico, killing at least 150 people. Dario Fo, the leftist playwright prosecuted by Italy, denounced by Roman Catholic Church leaders and barred from the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Literature.