Milestones

Ten years ago: The Senate Ethics Committee began hearings on the “Keating Five,” senators accused of going too far in helping failed savings-and-loan owner Charles Keating, Jr. The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on a secret military mission. Milli Vanilli’s producer confirmed rumors the duo had not done any of the singing on their debut album, “Girl You Know It’s True.”

Five years ago: A partial government shutdown stretched into a second day. The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the orbiting Russian space station Mir.

One year ago: The Clinton administration claimed victory in a seven-year struggle to persuade Congress to pay nearly $1 billion in back dues to the United Nations.