Milestones

Fri., Jan. 22, 1999

Ten years ago: In Super Bowl XXXIII, the San Francisco 49ers came from behind to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-to-16 in Miami’s Joe Robbie Stadium.

Five years ago: “Schindler’s List,” Steven Spielberg’s drama about the Holocaust, won Golden Globes for best dramatic picture and best director. Actor Telly Savalas died in Universal City, Calif., a day after turning 70.

One year ago: Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole. On the first full day of his visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass, preaching the message, “Be not afraid.”

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