Milestones

Wed., July 5, 2000

Ten years ago: North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders opened a two-day meeting in London to revise the alliance’s strategy in light of easing East-West tensions in Europe and the unraveling of the Warsaw Pact.

Five years ago: More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were injured when a deck on which they had gathered collapsed at a campground near Wentzville, Mo.

One year ago: President Clinton began a four-day cross-country tour to promote a plan for drawing jobs and investment to areas of the nation that have not shared in the prosperity of the 1990s.

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