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United States Space Shuttle Discovery.put the Hubble Telescope into orbit.
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The telescope becomes operational.
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The biggest bank fraud in US history. Bank of Credit and Commerce International is indicted in New York.
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The 27th Amendment to the Constitution is passe. After over two hundred and two years of its initial proposal. Which keeps the United States Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
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The World Trade Center is bombed. When a van parked below the structure explodes. Six people died and over a thousand are injured.
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President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton open the Summer Olympics Games in Atlanta, Geogia.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton denies he had a relationship with . the White House intern Monica Lewinsky in a televised interview.
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Congress passes the Iraq Liberation Act, which states the U.S. wants to remove Saddam Hussein from power and replace with a democracy.
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Tornadoes strikes Oklahoma, one was a F5 category storm that hit Oklahoma City, killing thirty-eight people. It was the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth.
