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Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
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Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves.
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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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ssW5aFMco
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U.S. presidential election, 1992 (Bill Clinton defeats President George H. W. Bush)
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President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military.
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North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect
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Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955.
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A budget crisis forces the federal government to shutdown for several weeks.
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TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
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Des Moines, Iowa resident Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy
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Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses President Clinton of sexual harassment
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Dennis Hastert of Illinois becomes Speaker of the House, a position he will hold until 2007, making him the longest-serving Republican
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Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc.
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A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people and becomes the first to produce a tornado that causes $1 billion in damage.
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Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc.
