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Clinton was born as William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas.
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After Bill's father's tragic death, Virgina married Roger Clinton.
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Bill got his surname "Clinton" after his mother, Virginia, married in 1950.
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As a high school student and delegate to the American Legion Boys Nation, Bill Clinton met President John F. Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden and was photographed shaking Kennedy's hand
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Bill Clinton won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University in England.
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Bill earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
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Bill earned a law degree from Yale University. Then, he took a teaching job at University of Arkansas Law School.
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Clinton lost an Arkansas congressional race to incumbent Republican Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt.
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Clinton was elected attorney general of Arkansas.
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Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas, defeating Republican Lynn Lowe.
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Bill lost the re-election bid as Arkansas governor, so he took a job at private law firm.
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Bill was re-elected as governor of Arkansas, defeating Republican Gov. Frank D. White in the rematch of 1980 race.
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Clinton amid his fifth term as governor of Arkansas, he declared he's running for president.
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Clinton wass sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.
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Bill signs peace with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organizationat the White House outlining limited Palestinian self-rule in Israeli-occupied territories.
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Bill signed bills banning assault weapons, and funding police hiring and state anti-crime efforts.
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Clinton signed amendments strengthening the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Clinton sworn in to second term.
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After compromise with Republicans, signs tax-relief plan reducing estate and capital gains taxes, increasing cigarette taxes, establishing tax credits for children and college tuition, and creating Roth IRAs.
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Denies sexual relationship with Lewinsky in deposition for Jones lawsuit.
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The Senate finds Clinton not guilty on the House's impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Has two stents placed in his coronary artery at the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest.
