Milestones

Wed., Sept. 30, 1998

Ten years ago: Mikhail S. Gorbachev retired President Andrei A. Gromyko from the Politburo and fired other old-guard leaders in a Kremlin shake-up.

Five years ago: An estimated 10,000 people were killed when an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.4 struck southern India. Colin Powell stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a retirement ceremony at Fort Myer, Va.

One year ago: In an unprecedented act of repentance, France’s Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

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