Milestones

Sun., March 7, 1999

Ten years ago: President Bush warned of what he called the “fool’s gold” of trade protectionism as he addressed South Korea’s National Assembly before returning home.

Five years ago: The Winter Olympic Games ended in Lillehammer, Norway.

One year ago: With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch’s firstborn daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son.

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