Events of the 1990's

Persian Gulf War Began

Aug 2, 1990

Iraq invaded Kuwait because they thought it should be their land. They also said that Kuwaits oil was illegaly tapping oil from Iraqi fields. This war began with an Iraqi invasion on Iran and conntinued into a bloody battle as the Iranians slowly drove Saddam Hussein's armies back into Iraq.It ended March 3, 1991.

Bill Clinton was elected 42nd President

Jan 20, 1992

Bill Clinton was running against the first President Bush for Bush's second term. In the end Clinton, the democratic canidate, won.

The World Wide Wed goes public.

Apr 30, 1993

In April, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois released the first version of their Mosaic browser which ran Windows. By late 1993 there were over 500 known web servers. The world wide web accounted for 1% of Internet traffic.

Kremlin Accords is signed

Jan 16, 1994

Bill Clinton signed the Kremlin Accords which ment that America's and Russia's nuclear missiles were the first time in a long time no longer pointed at eachother. It was the most significant thawing of the cold war relationships in decades.

Madeline Abright is the first female secretary of state

Jan 23, 1997

Madeleine Abright is appointed the first ever female secretary of state in the U.S. for president Bill Clinton. Was preceded by Warren Christopher and succeeded by Collin Powell.

Columbine Massacre

Apr 20, 1999

Two students at Columbine High School murder 13 people and injure 21 others. They then committed suicide after.