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the Provisional Irish Republican Army tries to assassinate Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. .
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In Sriperumbudur, India, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated
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The most prominent natural disasters of the decade include: Hurricane Andrew striking South Florida in August 1992,
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The 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing leads to awareness in U.S. of domestic and international terrorism as a potential threat.
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Northridge Earthquake that devasted Los Angeles in 1994
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The Great Hanshin earthquake destroyed Kobe, Japan in January 1995,
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The First Congo War takes place in Zaire from 1996 to 1997, resulting in Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko being overthrown from power. Zaire is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on July 1,1997.
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After the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by Al-Qaeda militants, U.S. naval military forces launch cruise missile attacks against Al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan in 1998.
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The Second Congo War starts in 1998 in central Africa and includes 50 different cultures and 7 different nations.
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US president Bill Clinton was caught in a scandal involving inappropriate relations with a White House intern Monica Lewinsky, After the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Clinton.
