Milestones

Sun., Oct. 3, 1999

Ten years ago: Panamanian officers launched an unsuccessful coup against Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. In a move to stem the flow of refugees to the West, East Germany suspended unrestricted travel to Czechoslovakia.

Five years ago: U.S. soldiers in Haiti raided the headquarters of a hated pro-army militia. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy announced his resignation because of questions about gifts he had received.

One year ago: Pope John Paul II beatified Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, the World War II archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia, a controversial figure because many Serbs and Jews accused him of sympathizing with the Nazis.

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