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Clinton enters office.
Bill Clinton is elected as the 42nd U.S. president. -
Clinton orders an attack.
Bill Clinton orders an attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad. -
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
The act was signed into law by Bill Clinton. -
NAFTA was ratified.
President Clinton worked to pass bipartisan legislation implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement. Since passage of NAFTA, the U.S. manufacturing sector has created 400,000 jobs, and exports to Canada and Mexico support 600,000 more jobs today than in 1993. -
Improving America's school Act.
This reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act ended the era of lower expectations for disadvantaged children by insisting that all students be held to the same high academic standards. The bill also strengthened accountability for student performance and required states to turn around low-performing schools. -
Scandal.
Bill Clinton denies an intimate relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
