Milestones

Wed., June 2, 1999

Ten years ago: President Bush returned from a European trip, calling it “a triumph of hope” for a world moving beyond the Cold War.

Five years ago: The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. atomic watchdog, reported it could no longer verify the status of North Korea’s nuclear program, prompting the United States to seek economic sanctions. President Clinton met at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II.

One year ago: Voters in California passed Proposition 227, which effectively abolished the state’s 30-year-old bilingual education program by requiring that all children be taught in English. Monica Lewinsky hired a new defense team, Jacob Stein and Plato Cacheris, replacing William H. Ginsburg as her lead attorney.

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