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Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space
The Hubble was one of the most rewarding and worth-while science missions ever. It was significant to the US because it provided thousands of pictures, solving lots of mysteries of astronomy. http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/ -
Official End of the Cold War
The end of the Cold War was signified by the Berlin Wall falling and the Iron Curtain torn. This was important because the US was spending trillions of dollars in the war as well as lots of people had lost lives. http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp -
World Trade Center Bombed
This day in history was when terrorists put a rental cvan in a garage beneath the World Trade Center's twin towers and lit a bomb that was inside the car. A few people died and lots were injured. This was significant because at the time it was one of the worst terrorist attacks on the US. http://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-1993-world-trade-center-bombing -
Pathfinder Sends Back Images of Mars
This was when a Mars Pathfinder was on the planet of Mars, and was actually successful in sending pictures of the planet back to earth. The whole program to build the Pathfinder, test, and operate it cost about $265 million. This was a significant event because the expensive mission was successful. http://www.marsnews.com/missions/pathfinder/ -
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash
This event was significant to the US because despite some things that Princess Diana had done in here lifetime, she was very popular, famous, beautiful, and greatly looked up to by lots of people. -
U.S. President Clinton Impeached
This event was when President Clinton was impeached due to evidence of him having a sexual relationship with a White House intern and tried to cover the evidence up, as well as trying to obstruct justice relating to both the civil lawsuitand to the grand jury proceedings. This was significant because he was the second president to ever be impeached, and is still currently the most recent to be impeached. http://law.onecle.com/constitution/article-2/57-clinton-impeachment.html -
September 11th terrorist attacks
This day is when terrorists decided to kill and injure lots of innocent Americans by flying airplanes into the twin towers. This is very significant to the US because it was/is the worst, most harmful terrorist attack ever to be done against the US. -
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates
On this day, the space ship Columbia broke apart as it was returning to the atmosphere over Texas, killing all seven crew members on board. This is significant because it was the second major tragedy in the history of the space shuttle program. http://www.history.com/topics/columbia-disaster -
Saddam Hussein is captured
This is the day that the terrorist, Saddam Hussein, was finally captured. This was significant because he was a major terrorist against America, behind a lot of terrorist attacks. -
Osama bin Laden Killed
This was another important day that a terrorist against Americans was finally captured and killed by the US. This was significant because he was the master-mind behind a lot of terrorist attacks. -
Space Shuttle Program Ends
