Timeline of United States history (1990-present)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 to present.

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

1990-present
History of the United States


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