Milestones

Ten years ago: First lady Nancy Reagan, addressing a U.N. committee, said the United States was responsible for its own drug problem, and charged that every American drug user was “an accomplice to every criminal act” committed by drug barons.

Five years ago: Canada’s Liberal Party ended nine years of rule by the Progressive Conservatives in national elections; Liberal leader Jean Chretien became prime minister, succeeding Kim Campbell. Actor Vincent Price died in Los Angeles at age 82.

One year ago: Hundreds of thousands of black women joined the Million Woman March in Philadelphia.

The Cleveland Indians avoided elimination in the World Series by defeating the Florida Marlins, 4-1, in game six.