1990-2010

By lissy g
  • Space

    Space
    Hubble Space telescope launched during Space Shuttle discovery. The cost of this telescope was 2.5 billion dollars.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    The World Wide Web is publicly debuted as an Internet service.In early 1991 Berners-Lee wrote the first web browser.
  • Los Angeles Riots

    Los Angeles Riots
    Los Angeles riots result in over 50 deaths and $1 billion in damage, four Los Angeles Police Department officers were accused in the videotape beating of black motorist Rodney King.
  • Hurricane Andrew

    Hurricane Andrew
    Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, kills 65 people and causes $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast, and will be the costliest natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
  • Truck Bombing

    Truck Bomb explodes in the parking garage, under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 6 people and injuring thousands.
  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush
    George Bush was elected in 2001 as the 43rd president of the United States.
  • Attack

    Attack
    September 11th terrorist attack,19 terrorists hijack four planes and crash them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring over 6,000.
  • Re-elected

    Re-elected
    George W. Bush is re-elected for president.
  • Obama

    Obama
    President Obama is elected as the 44th President of the United States. Barrack Obama made history because he was the first black president.
  • Micheal jackson

    Micheal jackson
    Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.