Milestones

Ten years ago: Rabbi Meir Kahane, the Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist who campaigned to drive Arabs from Israel, was shot to death after a speech at a New York hotel. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair was acquitted of murder and convicted of weapons charges in state court; he was later convicted in connection with the slaying in federal court.)

Five years ago: An endless procession of Israelis filed past the simple wooden coffin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who’d been assassinated the night before.

One year ago: U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly, saying the software giant’s aggressive actions were “stifling innovation” and hurting consumers.