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Minimum wage across the United States has went from $3.35-$3.80.
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Listing all of the important events of the 90's.
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California gas prices have increased by five cents per gallon.
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Iraq invades Kuwaitt
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California's Population reaches 30 Million
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Federal Gasoline prices increase by 5 cents a gallon.
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Gas raises in California by 1 cent per gallon.
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Congress approves use of military force of Iraq
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United States begins military action on Iraq
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Kuqaitt's miltiary withdraws troops form Afghanistan.
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President George Bush ordered a cease fire on Iraq.
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Minimum wage increased form $3.80 to $4.25
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Sierra Madre earthquake in Los Angeles.
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Californian Gas goes up by 1 cent a gallon
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Los Angeles floods
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There is an Earthwuake that occured in Palm Springs.
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Los Angeles riots
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Hurrican Andrew hits Florida and Louisiana
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1993 - Truck Bomb explodes in the parking garage, under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 6 people and injuring thousands
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1993 - Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 76 people including their leader, David Koresh.
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1993 - Massive flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers kill 50 people and devastate the Midwest with $15–$16billion
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1993 - The "Storm of the Century" strikes the Eastern Seaboard, with blizzard conditions and severe weather, killing 300 people and causing $6 billion in damage.
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1993 - 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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1994 - New York Rangers Win Stanley Cup.
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1994 - 1994 Northridge earthquake kills 72 and injures 9,000 in the Los Angeles area and causes $20 billion in damage.
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1995 - Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955.
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1995 - Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation resulted in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
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1995 - Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The trial, which lasts nine months, receives worldwide publicity.
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1995 - A heat wave kills 750 in Chicago, bringing to attention the plight of the urban poor and the elderly in extreme weather conditions
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1995-1996 - A budget crisis forces the federal government to shutdown for several weeks.
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1996 - A snowstorm along the East Coast kills 150 people and causes $3 billion in damage
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1996 - TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
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1996 - Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia
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1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111
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1997 - Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15
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1997 - 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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1998 - Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses President Clinton of sexual harassment
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1998 - 224 killed in 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
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1998 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered near the University of Wyoming. He becomes a symbol of gay-bashing victims and sparking public reflection on homophobia in the U.S.
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1998-1999 - Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial
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1999 - Two teenage students murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School. It is the deadliest mass murder at a high school in U.S. history, and sparks debates on gun control and bullying.
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1999 - 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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1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78
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1999 - The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217
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1999 - 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.