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Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Who: William (Bill) Gates
What: He created the multi million dollar computer company, Microsoft
When: He was born on October 28, 1955
Where: He was born in Seattle and lives in Medina now (both in Washington)
Why: Bill is consistently listed on the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people as a result of his profits from Microsoft and owning 6.4% of Microsoft’s stock -
Hubbell Space Telescope Launch
Who: Edwin Hubbell was who the telescope is named after
What: The Hubbell Telescope was sent up into lower earth orbit in 1990
When: 1990 was the year a space shuttle sent the Hubbell telescope into orbit
Where: Around the earth
Why: The advancement of science and technology. The Hubbell telescope helped scientists estimate the rate of the expansion of the universe. -
Start of the Gulf War
Who: Known as the Pursian Gulf war, this was set in Iraq with the US against Iraq in Kuwait
What: This war resulted from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
When: august 1990 – February 1991
Where: Kuwait and Iraq
Why: The Kuwait invasion by Iraq was met with international disapproval and the US stepped up and intervened -
Rwanda Civil War
Who: The president of Rwanda at the time Juvenal Habyarimana and the Rwandan Patriotic Front
What: This was a war in central Africa, in Rwanda, between the president at the time Juvenal Habyarimana and the rebel group the Rwandan Patriotic Front.
When: The war occurred between October 1, 1990, through August 4, 1993
Where: Rwanda, in central Africa
Why: The Rwandan Patriotic Front was not in agreement with the president at that time -
Rodney King/LA Riots
Who: Rodney King and LA police, followed by those involved in the LA Riots a year later
What:Rodney King was beaten by LA police officers after a car chase, then after one of the ccused officers wasn’t sentenced as much as the others, riots broke out and the military was called in and over 50 people were killed and thousands were injured
When:March 31, 1991
Where:LA, California
Why: The riots resulted from the fact that one of the officers accused of using excessive force on Rodney King was not -
1992 Dream Team
Who: The 1992 Men’s US Olympic Basketball Team
What: This was described as the greatest sports team ever assembled, made up of all active NBA basketball players.
When:1992 Summer Olympics
Where: The Olympics this w=year were help in Barcelona
Why: In 1988, the Olympic basketball team from the US finished in third place, so in 1992 everyone wanted to win and called out for the major professional stars to join the team -
Waco tragedy Branch Dividians
Who: The Branch Davidians religious group, and leader David Koresh
What: A siege by law enforcement of the area where the weapon violations were reported to be in
When: The siege lasted from Fedruary 28 through April 18, 1993
Where: Elk, Texas
Why: This event is an example of the force of the police and armed forces in the US -
NAFTA
Who: The North American Free Trade Agreement along with Canada, Mexico, and the US
What: This is an agreement that was signed by Canada, Mexico, and the US in order to create a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America
When: The treaty was signed on January 1, 1994
Where: The treaty was signed to create the trade bloc between Canada, Mexico, and the US
Why: This Trade block as of now is the largest trade bloc in the world in terms of purchasing power parity GDP and second largest in te -
OJ Simpson Case
Who: O.J. Simpson V. the people of the state of California
What: Simpson was accused of killing his wife and another woman, and he was put on trial for eight months
When: November 2, 1994, to October 3, 1995
Where: Los Angeles County, California, at the court there
Why: Simpson was on trial for being accused of killing his wife and another woman, but it is very controversial case -
Muder of Selena
Who: An American singer-songwriter known as the best Latin artist of the decade, murdered by Yolanda Salvidar
What: Salena was murder by a Selena Etc. clothing company manager Yolanda Salvidar
When: Selena was murdered on March 31, 1995
Where: Corpus Christi, Texas
Why: Yolanda was fired three weeks before the murder for embezzlement, and said she was trying to kill herself and killed Selena instead. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Who: Terrorists; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
What: A terrorist bombing of the facility
When: April 19, 1995
Where: TheAlfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Why: Terrorist groups influenced these people and this event shows what can happen when people are influenced like this -
The Day I was Born; Three Strikes Act
Who: Thomas Farmer and the Clinton Administration
What: The first life sentence under the three strikes act
When: August 15, 1995
Where: Farmer lived in Des Moines, Iowa
Why: The three strikes act was set in place to enforce harsher punishments on repeating criminal offenders. -
Clinton Impeachment
Who: President Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives on a count of perjury and a count of obstructing of justice.
What: President Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives
When: February 12, 1999
Where: The Senate acquitted him after the House impeached him; The White House
Why: President Clinton committed count of perjury and a count of obstruction of justice, which was not acceptable for a president to do and he was the only president to ever been impeached -
Columbine HS Tragedy
Who: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, seniors at Columbine at the time
What: The two Seniors planned on killing as many students as possible, but their bombs malfunctioned and the ended up wounding some, killing twelve students and a teacher, and then committing suicide.
When: April 20, 1999
Where: Columbine High school, Columbine Colorado
Why: The two senior students wanted to kill people, I guess. This is one of the most tragic school shootings to date -
2000 Presidential Election
Who: Republican George W. Bush V. Democrat Al Gore
What: This was the 54Th presidential Election
When: November 7, 2000
Where: The US
Why: The Presidential elections Happen every four years The 2000 Presidential election was set between Republican George W. Bush and Al Gore. It was the 54th presidential Election, and occurred on November 7, 2000. -
human Genome Project
Who: This project was made of all the scientists in the world who wanted to participate
What: This project is attempting to map the humane genome through the sets of chemical bases found in human DNA
When: In 1990, the project funded by the US government started and was completed in 2003
Where: The world
Why: The US government wanted to do this so they funded the project and helped get it started -
9/11
Who: Nearly 3000 Americans died / Terrorists from the Al Qaeda group
What: A crashing of commercial airlines into the Twin Towers
When: September 11, 2001
Where: New York, at the site of the Twin Towers
Why: The terrorists were influenced by the terrorist group Al Qaeda and this event shows a bad case that results from terrorist organizations getting out of hand. -
Global War on Terrorism
Who: Most of the world, specifically the US and UN, and against specifically the Talaban in Iraq
What: The terrorist groups in Iraq were being sided against by the rest of the world
When: This started after September 11, 2001, after the planes crashed into the twin towers
Where: All over the world, starting specifically from the 9/11 incident in the US and from Al-Qaeda located in Iraq
Why: Nations were not happy with the fact that these countries were potentially in danger, and were obviously i -
Black Hawk Down
Who: The film Black Hawk Down
What: This was a film released in 2001, and was a British-American war film
When: It was released in 2001
Where: The United States
Why: The movie was based from a book of the same name from 1997 and shows the US view of the topic well -
Iraqi War Attack Authorization
Who: Iraq, the US, and the UN council
What: Iraq was expected to comply with the UN weapons inspection, but did not want to fully comply
When: Iraq was asked to comply with the weapons inspection in 2002 and by 2003 the US was ready to invade
Where: This happened in Iraq
Why: Since Iraq would not comply with the suggestions of the UN and US, everyone was okay with the US invading Iraq to make sure they would not be holding too many weapons anywhere inside Iraq -
Hurricane Katrina
Who: At least 1,866 Americans died as a result of this hurricane.
What: The most destructive hurricane in the history of the US.
When: On august 23, 2005, this hurricane formed over the Bahamas.
Where: From the Bahamas toward the southern coast of the continental US.
Why: This hurricane happened during the middle of hurricane season during 2005 and shows the maximum destruction of a natural disaster in the US to date -
2008 Presidential Election
Who: President Barak Obama and John McCain
What: Obama won the race by an extremely large margin: 365 to McCains173 electoral votes, as the 56th presidential election
When: 2008 presidential election
Where: The US
Why: The presidential election in 2008 marks the election of the first African American president of the United States -
My Most Recent Birthday; Car Bomb in Lebanon
Who: An unknown Syrian Sunni group
What: A bomb in a complex in Beirut killing 27 and injuring 226. The complex was used by Lebanon’s militant group, the Hezbolla.
When: august 15, 2013
Where: Beirut at the complex used by the Lebanese military group the Hezbolla
Why: There is not enough information on it to tell, but it seems like the specific Sunni group wanted to be heard -
Tiananmen Square Bombing
Who: Five people were killed in this incident by a suicide bomber
What: The first terrorist attack on China in recent history, this bombing on Tiananmen Square killed five people and was a suicide bombing
When: The bombing occurred on October 28, 2013
Where: Tiananmen Square is the largest city square in Beijing, China
Why: The reason for this attack is allegedly because of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement -
Nelson Mandela
Who: Nelson Rolihlahla Mendela, the previous president of South Africa
What: He was South Africa first executive chief as the first elected of a democratic election there
When: He lived from July 18, 1918 to December 5, 2013 and served as president from 1994 to 1999
Where: South Africa
Why: South Africans wanted a democracy and Nelson Mendela was the first elected official after the revolution
