Milestones

Fri., March 17, 2000

Ten years ago: The president of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, rejected a deadline set by Moscow for renouncing the republic’s independence.

Five years ago: The White House hosted a St. Patrick’s Day reception for Irish Prime Minister John Bruton which was attended by Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. The federal government approved the nation’s first chicken pox vaccine, Varivax. Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino maid, was hanged in Singapore for murder, despite global pleas to spare her.

One year ago: A panel of medical experts concluded that marijuana has medical benefits for people suffering from cancer and AIDS. The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal, but backed president Juan Antonio Samaranch.

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