Milestones

Wed., Nov. 24, 1999

Ten years ago: Czechoslovakia’s hard-line Communist Party leadership resigned after more than a week of protests against its policies.

Five years ago: Rebel Serbs in Bosnia refused to withdraw from the U.N.-designated safe area around Bihac and continued to advance on the city despite recent NATO air strikes.

One year ago: America Online confirmed it was buying Netscape Communications in a deal ultimately worth $10 billion. The first Palestine Airlines flight touched down at Gaza International Airport in the Gaza Strip. A funeral was held in St. Petersburg for liberal Russian lawmaker Galina Starovoitova, who had been assassinated four days earlier.

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