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He was in jail for 27 and a half years.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation.
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It stipulated that if Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein did not remove his troops from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 a U.S.-led coalition was authorized to drive them out.
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Passed two hundred and two years after its initial proposal. This amendment had been originally proposed by James Madison in 1789, as part of twelve amendments, of which ten would become the original Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791.
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a three way race for the presidency of the United States, Democratic candidate Bill Clinton defeats incumbent President George H.W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot of the Reform Party.
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Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on the Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad, responding to the attempted assassination attempt cultivated by the Iraq Secret Service on former U.S. President George H.W. Bush
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The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
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Created a free trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
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which bars the use of these weapons for ten years.
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The games were positively known for the achievements of American track and field athlete Michael Johnson, who won both the 200 and 400 meter races, setting a new World Record in the 200, and for the victory of the American women's gymnastics team.
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Chairman Alan Greenspan suggests that irrational exuberance may be causing the extraordinary runup of stock prices.
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a ribald cartoon about a family of misfits, becomes the longest running prime-time cartoon television series in history, surpassing the Flintstones.
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Longest serving member.was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator.
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Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of praying students, killing three and injuring five more.
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the House passed Save Social Security Act of 1998; the House also passed the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1998.
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Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time.
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Including an F5 category storm that slams Oklahoma City, killing thirty-eight. The fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth is measured by scientists at 509 km (318 mph) during this tornado.
