Milestones

Ten years ago: Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.

Five years ago: An armed gunman seized a bus carrying South Korean tourists in Moscow’s Red Square (commandos stormed the bus the next day, killing the gunman and freeing four remaining hostages). The Atlanta Braves won the National League pennant by in four games, beating the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0.

One year ago: President Clinton accused Senate Republicans of recklessness and irresponsibility for defeating the nuclear test ban treaty, and pledged the United States would refrain from testing despite the treaty’s rejection. Japan’s Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank announced they would merge.