Milestones
Ten years ago: The White House announced that President Bush planned to spend Thanksgiving with American soldiers in Saudi Arabia.
Five years ago: A man claiming to have a bomb hijacked a school bus with 13 learning-disabled children aboard, leading authorities around Miami-area highways for an hour and a half before being fatally shot by police. The United States expelled Daiwa Bank Limited for allegedly covering up $1.1 billion in trading losses.
One year ago: Xerox repairman Byran Uyesugi opened fire on his coworkers in Honolulu, killing seven of them. (Uyesugi was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.) Republicans pushed the year’s last and biggest spending bill through Congress toward a sure veto by President Clinton.