Milestones

Ten years ago: The Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the Oakland A’s, 6-0, in game two of the World Series. Rescue workers near Point Barrow, Alaska, continued their efforts to save three California gray whales trapped in Arctic Ocean ice.

Five years ago: The U.N. Security Council endorsed the deployment of U.S. warships to block arms and oil shipments to Haiti in an attempt to increase pressure on Haiti’s military leaders. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, in game one of the World Series.

One year ago: In the first known case in the United States, a Georgia woman gave birth after being implanted with previously frozen eggs. Author James Michener died in Austin, Texas, at age 90.