Milestones

Ten years ago: The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series, defeating the Oakland A’s in game five by a score of 5-2.

Five years ago: The Senate adopted a non-binding resolution saying Congress should give its approval before any U.S. troops were sent to enforce a Bosnian peace accord. Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit violence in programs.

One year ago: Hungarian-born U.S. financier and philanthropist George Soros announced he would donate as much as $500 million in aid to Russia over the next three years. Because of the need for spacesuits, Mir cosmonauts performed history’s first “internal spacewalk” to restore power to the damaged Spektr module of the space station.