Milestones

Ten years ago: The Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee approved sweeping agricultural reforms and elected the party’s 100 members to the Congress of People’s Deputies, a new legislative body.

Five years ago: Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine. Russia agreed to phase out production of weapons-grade plutonium.

One year ago: In a long-awaited document that Jewish leaders immediately criticized, the Vatican expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, but defended the actions of Pope Pius XII.