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Birth
Bill Clinton born August 19, 1946 -
Meets the president
Clinton meets President John F. Kennedy while attending an American Legion Boy’s Nation event in Washington, D.C. -
High School
Clinton graduates from Hot Springs High School. -
Graduates College
Clinton graduates from Georgetown University. -
Oxford
Clinton attends Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship. -
Starting Politics
Clinton works in the Texas campaign of Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. -
Yale
Clinton graduates from Yale Law School. -
Arkansas
Clinton teaches law at the University of Arkansas. -
First race
Clinton loses the congressional race against incumbent Republican Representative Paul Hammerschmidt. -
married
Clinton marries Hillary Rodham(Clinton) -
Attorney General
Clinton is elected Attorney General of Arkansas -
Governor
Clinton is elected Governor of Arkansas at age 32 -
re-election
Clinton loses bid for re-election and begins practicing law. -
governor yet again
Clinton is re-elected Governor of Arkansas -
President
Clinton is elected forty-second President of the United States. -
Affairs
Clinton denies allegations that he had a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky -
Bombing
Clinton orders the launch of cruise missiles at targets in Sudan and Afghanistan in a response to what he calls an “imminent” terrorist threat from a network run by Osama bin Laden. The strikes follow attacks at United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania earlier in the month.