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The United States invades Grenada, over 5,000 Marines were sent to the island when the government was over thrown by a cuban military force. President Reagan ordered the invasion in order to protect the 1,000 US military soldiers station on the island.
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A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. 6 million people are left without power for 9 hours, including some areas in the northeastern U.S.
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Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins with airstrikes against Iraq.
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Terrorists drove a bomb-filled truck into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Six people were killed and a reflecting pool was erected in their memory.
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One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30.7 inches of snowfall, New York City's public schools close for the first time in 18 years, and the federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for days.
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Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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President Clinton is Acquitted.
In February, the Senate acquits the president of perjury and obstruction of justice, after the House of Representatives had convicted him. -
Two hijacked American airliners plowed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York which collapsed successively, and one crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
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