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Timeline of United States history (1990-present)
This section of the
Timeline of United States history
concerns
events from
1990
to present.
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1990s
1990
-
Hubble Space Telescope
placed in
orbit
1990
-
Iraq
invades
Kuwait
leading to
1991
Gulf War
1990
-
Loma Prieta earthquake
kills 63 in greater
San Francisco Bay Area
1991
-
Gulf War
1991
-
Oakland Hills firestorm
kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
1992
-
Los Angeles Riots
kill 50-60 people and causes nearly $1 billion damage
1992
-
27th Amendment
ratified
1992
-
Hurricane Andrew
kills 23 and causes $26.5 billion in damage as it strikes
Florida
and later
Louisiana
1992
-
U.S. presidential election, 1992
1993
-
Bill Clinton
becomes President
1993
-
World Trade Center bombing
kills 6 and injures at least 1040
1993
-
Branch Davidians
standoff and fire in
Waco, Texas
1994
-
Northridge earthquake
kills 57 in
Los Angeles
area
1995
- Following the
1994
elections,
Republicans
gain control of both the
House
and
Senate
for the first time since
1955
.
1995
- 168 killed in
Oklahoma City bombing
1995
-
TWA flight 800
explodes off of
Long Island
killing all 230 aboard
1996
-
Khobar Towers bombing
leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in
Saudi Arabia
1996
-
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
at
Summer Olympics
in
Atlanta
kills 1 and injures 11
1996
-
U.S. presidential election, 1996
(
Bill Clinton
is re-elected)
1997
-
President Clinton
bars federal funding for any research on
human cloning
.
1998
- 224 killed in
1998 U.S. embassy bombings
in
Tanzania
and
Kenya
1999
-
President Clinton
is acquitted in
impeachment
trial by
U.S. Senate
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2000s
2000
-
USS
Cole
bombing
in
Yemen
2000
-
U.S. presidential election, 2000
2001
-
George W. Bush
becomes President
2001
-
Democrats
gain narrow control of
Senate
after
James Jeffords
defects from the
Republican Party
2001
-
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
on the
World Trade Center
and
The Pentagon
2001
-
Invasion of Afghanistan
2002
-
Department of Homeland Security
created
2003
-
Republicans
retake narrow control of
Senate
following
2002
elections
2003
-
Space Shuttle
Columbia
disaster
2003
-
Invasion of Iraq
1970-1989
1990-present
History of the United States