Milestones

Wed., Oct. 14, 1998

Ten years ago: The government reported that wholesale prices had risen a moderate 0.4 percent in September.

Five years ago: U.S. helicopter pilot Michael Durant and a Nigerian peacekeeper were freed by Somali fighters loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid. In Haiti, gunmen assassinated Justice Minister Guy Malary, a supporter of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

One year ago: The Nobel Prize in economics went to Americans Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes for their work on derivatives. Novelist Harold Robbins died in Palm Springs, Calif., at age 81. The Florida Marlins won the National League championship, defeating the Atlanta Braves 7-4 in game six.

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