Milestones

Ten years ago: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Penn Warren, the first U.S. poet laureate, died at age 84.< Five years ago: In a terse ultimatum from the Oval Office, President Clinton told Haiti’s military leaders in a prime-time address: “Your time is up. Leave now or we will force you from power.”

One year ago: Nine states and the District of Columbia held primaries. In Washington state, Republican Rep. Linda Smith won the right to challenge Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat. (Murray was re-elected).