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Rwanda Genocide
Over the period of 100 days, between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis in Rwanda were massacared by Hutus with the ideology of Hutu power. This was caused by the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana. -
Proposition 187
Approved by California voters which banned illegal immigrants from social services, health care, and public schools but later found unconstitutional -
Defense of Marriage Act
Declared that marriage could only be between a man and a woman which sparked outrage in parts of the public. -
Welfare Reforme Act
A bill signe by President Clinton witch offered extended welfar to dependent or disabled children. -
Dolly the sheep
The first cloned mammal ever reported and was considered a breakthrough in the scientific world even though she only lived to the age of six. -
U.S. declines Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol aimed to lower greenhouse gas emissions and while European Natioins agreed, both the United States and Japan did not join in. -
George W. Bush becomes president.
Bush won a narrow election against Al Gore and became the new president of the United States and would remain so for the next eight years. -
9/11
A terrorist attack by Iraq sent the Twin Towers sent the United States into a panic. Iraq was envious of America's influence over the world and power. -
Osama bin Laden captured
Osama bin Laden, who was responsible for multiple terrorist attack and a well known enemy of the United States is captured after years spent in hiding. He was later hung. -
Obama becomes president
Barack Obama becomes president of the United States and make history as the first African American in this position.