Milestones

Ten years ago: Both sides claimed victory in Panama’s national elections, with the opposition also charging a pattern of fraud.

Five years ago: Norway’s most famous painting, “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch, was recovered almost three months after it was stolen from an Oslo museum. Go For Gin won the 120th Kentucky Derby.

One year ago: The parent company of Mercedes-Benz agreed to buy Chrysler Corp. for more than $37 billion. Londoners voted overwhelmingly to elect their own mayor for the first time in history. The mayoral election will take place in May 2000.