Milestones May 18, 1998

SENTENCED. THEODORE KACZYNSKI, 55, confessed Unabomber; to four consecutive life sentences plus 30 years in prison; in Sacramento, Calif.

KILLED. ALOIS ESTERMANN, 43, commander of the Pope's Swiss Guards; and his wife Gladys Meza Romero, 49; shot by disgruntled Swiss Guard Cedric Tornay, 23, who then shot himself; in the first murders on Vatican land in 150 years.

DIED. EDDIE RABBITT, 56, rangy country singer who, despite all his down-homey hits--among them I Love a Rainy Night and Drivin' My Life Away--was the Brooklyn-born son of Irish immigrants; after battling lung cancer; in Nashville, Tenn.

DIED. CHARLES ("Bebe") REBOZO, 85, Florida...

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