Milestones

Tue., Feb. 1, 2000

Ten years ago: East Germany’s Communist premier, Hans Modrow, appealed for negotiations with West Germany to forge a “united fatherland.”

Five years ago: The Federal Reserve boosted interest rates by 0.5 percent, the seventh rate hike in a year. House Republicans pushed through a bill restricting the federal government’s ability to impose unfunded mandates on states.

One year ago: With the promise of huge federal surpluses, President Clinton proposed a $1.77 trillion budget for fiscal 2000. Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Clinton.

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