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lacey's birth
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NAFTA went into effect
After 3 years of difficult negotiations The NAFTA went in to affect in January 1, 1994. The agreement attempted to make trade relationships between the U.S. Mexico and Canada. The agreement completely eliminated tarriffs over years and disolved many other trade barriers. The NAFTA has helped very much by makin the population grow. -
Genocide against the Tutsi
In April 1994, shortly after concluding peace negotiations with the RPF that called for UN peacekeeping forces to be stationed in Rwanda, President Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed when their plane was shot down near Kigali. Responsibility for the attack has not been established. Habyarimana’s death provoked a wave of ethnic violence, prompting UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to accuse the Hutu-dominated Rwandan Army of genocide against the Tutsi. -
DirecTV
DirecTV was released, becoming the first television system to rely completely on satellite. The system consisted of an 18-inch satellite receiver, which picked up broadcasts from the powerful DBS-1 satellite. After the introduction of a second satellite to the system, DirecTV could offer 150 channels, in comparison to cable TV which offered only 30. -
jacob wetterling act
The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act is passed as part of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. This law requires states to implement a sex offender and crimes against children registry. -
The Soujourner
The Soujourner was a Mars Rover built by NASA. It was specially designed for Mars`s terrain. It moves at 1.5 feet per minute and covered about 100 metres of Mars while there. It was launched on December 4, 1996 and on September 27, 1977 they lost communication with it. It has creepy laser eyes to see things. It was able to complete 16 chemical analyses of rocks. The Soujourner helped us learn more about Mars and see if it`s possible to have life on Mars. -
European's agree on single currency. "the euro"
The euro is made. All of Europe now uses the euro. -
columbine shooting
On April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors enacted an all-out assault on Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys' plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. With guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways and killed. When the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, and the two murderers were dead. -
7.4 Earthquake in Turkey
This 7.4 earthquake killed more than 15,600 and left over 600,000 homeless! -
Concorde crash
On July 25, 2000, Air France Concorde Flight 4590 takes off with fire trailing from its engine on the left wing from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. A French court has ruled that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics, John Taylor, are guilty in connection with the crash, which killed 113 people. -
9/11
On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. At least 2,985 people died in the September 11, 2001, attacks, including 19 terrorists and 2,966 victims . All but 13 people died. -
India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade
India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed -
US launched air war against Iraq in 2002
In a briefing to military commanders last week, US Air Force Lieutenant General T. Michael Moseley acknowledged that the Air Force launched offensive operations against Iraq in June 2002.nine months before the war was officially announced, the Bush administration had already ordered combat operations to begin. -
hurricane katrina
The occurrence of hurricane Katrina that in August of 2005 in Louisiana became a major crisis due greatly in part to the fact that the official responders were highly unprepared and informed on how to handle a crisis of that magnitude. The task of evacuating such a large population proved to be too challenging for them. Nieburg, Waldman, & Krumm (2005) noted that the great amount of criticism that FEMA faced in the wake of the disaster caused them to look elsewhere for effective models. -
Japan earthquake
On March 11, Japan suffered from a severe earthquake and was then hit by a tsunami, which destroyed much of northeastern Japan and ruined the Fukushima nuclear plant.
