Milestones

Tue., May 11, 1999

Ten years ago: Kenya announced that it would seek a worldwide ban on the trade of ivory - a move intended to preserve its fast-dwindling elephant herds.

Five years ago: Arkansas put to death two convicted murderers; it was the first time a state executed two people on the same day since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to restore the death penalty in 1976.

One year ago: India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years. Attorney General Janet Reno requested an independent counsel to investigate Labor Secretary Alexis Herman for alleged influence-peddling and solicitation of illegal campaign contributions. A French mint produced the first coins of Europe’s single currency, the euro.

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