Milestones

Thu., June 22, 2000

Ten years ago: African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela told the United Nations a democratic, nonracial South Africa is “within our grasp.”

Five years ago: House and Senate Republicans announced agreement on a seven-year budget-balancing plan cutting taxes by $245 billion and slowing spending on Medicare, Medicaid and dozens of other programs. Also, riot police stormed a hijacked jumbo jet in Hakodate, Japan, freeing all 364 people on board and capturing a lone hijacker.

One year ago: President Clinton visited ethnic Albanian refugees at a refugee camp in Macedonia. Also, the Supreme Court ruled the Americans with Disabilities Act does not extend to people with poor eyesight.

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