Milestones

Ten years ago: the space shuttle Columbia returned from a secret military mission.

Five years ago: In his weekly radio address, President Clinton put Congress on notice that he wouldn’t give up an assault weapons ban as the price to revive a crime bill stalled on Capitol Hill. NATO Secretary-General Manfred Woerner died at age 59.

One year ago: President Clinton led the nation in mourning 12 Americans killed in a pair of U.S. embassy bombings in Africa. Standing before black hearses carrying 10 of the bodies, the president pledged to seek justice “for these evil acts.”