Milestones
Ten years ago: Cheering protesters thronged Moscow streets to demand that the Communists surrender their stranglehold on power. Nine people were killed as guerrillas attacked a bus carrying Israeli tourists near Cairo, Egypt.
Five years ago: The United States and China began a trade war, with each country ordering stiff tariffs against the other.
One year ago: Senators at President Clinton’s impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky’s videotaped deposition. In a controversial case, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers during a nighttime search for a rape suspect.