Milestones
Ten years ago: President Bush returned home from an eight-day tour of Europe and the Middle East, during which he’d lobbied foreign leaders on behalf of his Persian Gulf policy.
Five years ago: Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic promised during a televised address to accept a U.S.-brokered peace plan.
Voters in Ireland narrowly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing divorce.
One year ago: One year ago: 280 people were killed when a ferry caught fire and foundered off the coast of eastern China’s Shandong province.