Milestones

Wed., April 21, 1999

Ten years ago:Tens of thousands of people crowded into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, cheering students who waved banners demanding greater political freedoms.

Five years ago:The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $28 billion get-tough-on-crime bill.

One year ago: Astronomers announced in Washington they had discovered possible signs of a new family of planets orbiting a star 220 light-years away, the clearest evidence yet of worlds forming beyond our solar system.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 21, 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.

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