Milestones

Tue., April 25, 2000

Ten years ago: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua, ending 11 years of leftist Sandinista rule. The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle “Discovery.”

Five years ago: Show business legend Ginger Rogers died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 83.

One year ago: On the final day of their Washington summit, NATO leaders promised military protection and economic aid to Yugoslavia’s neighbors for standing with the West against Slobodan Milosevic. More than 70,000 mourners gathered in Littleton, Colo., to remember the victims of the Columbine High School massacre. Lord Killanin, former president of the International Olympic Committee, died at age 84.

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