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• In 1989, nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address, asserting he had forged "a satisfying new closeness" with the Soviet Union and saying overall of his eight years in office: "We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world."
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• Ten years ago: Democrat Howard Dean defended his record on race in the last debate before the Iowa caucuses, as he was forced to acknowledge that no blacks or Hispanics had served in his cabinet during his 12 years as governor of Vermont.
• Five years ago: In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. A passenger ferry sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 230 people. The movie "Slumdog Millionaire" won four Golden Globes, including best drama; the late Heath Ledger won best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight" while Kate Winslet received two acting awards for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader." Theater and movie director Tom O'Horgan died in Venice, Fla., at age 84.
• One year ago: President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at the White House, where they agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead across the country. The video game industry, blamed by some for fostering a culture of violence, defended its practices at a White House meeting hosted by Vice President Joe Biden on how to prevent horrific shootings like the Connecticut elementary school massacre. The government assured the public that Boeing's new 787 "Dreamliner" was safe to fly, even as it launched a review to find out what caused a fire, a fuel leak and other recent incidents. Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment, a suicide; he was 26. Italian actress Mariangela Melato ("Swept Away"), 71, died in Rome.
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• Today's Birthdays: Producer Grant Tinker is 89. Actor Rod Taylor is 84. Composer Mary Rodgers is 83. The former prime minister of Canada, Jean Chretien (zhahn kray-tee-EHN'), is 80. Actor Mitchell Ryan is 80. Actor Felix Silla is 77. Movie director Joel Zwick is 72. Country singer Naomi Judd is 68. World Golf Hall of Famer Ben Crenshaw is 62. Singer Robert Earl Keen is 58. Actress Phyllis Logan (TV: "Downton Abbey") is 58. Musician Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) is 56. Actress Kim Coles is 52. Actor Jason Connery is 51. Contemporary Christian musician Jim Bryson (MercyMe) is 46. Rock musician Tom Dumont (No Doubt) is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Maxee Maxwell (Brownstone) is 45. Movie director Malcolm D. Lee is 44. Singer Mary J. Blige is 43. Musician Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) is

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