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Rodney King
Rodney Glen King was an American construction worker turned writer and activist after surviving an act of police brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department. On March 3, 1991, King was violently beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest for fleeing and resisting arrest on California State Route 210 -
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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is an American politician from Arkansas who served as the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President. -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
On the evening of June 12, 1994, O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside of Brown's Brentwood, California home. Their murders and the subsequent arrest of the former NFL star ignited a series of events that America's legal system and media had never seen before. Here's a timeline of the murders of Brown and Goldman as well as the pursuit, arrest, trial, and verdict of Simpson. -
Contract with America
The "Contract with America" was the Republican plan in the 1994 election, calling for welfare reform, congressional term limits, and a balanced-budget amendment. ... In the mid-1990s, the United States presided over negotiations between Britain and the IRA, which led to a 1998 agreement for IRA disarmament. -
Bill Clinton's Impeachment
The impeachment of Bill Clinton was initiated on October 8, 1998, when the United States House of Representatives voted to commence impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors". -
USA Patriot Act
USA PATRIOT Act, also called PATRIOT Act, in full Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, U.S. legislation, passed by Congress in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and signed into law by Pres. -
War on Terror
The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks. -
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 tropical cyclone that occurred in August 2005, which caused $125 billion in damage, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas, and over 1,200 deaths. It is costliest tropical cyclone on record, tying with Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
