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The North American Free Trade Agreement is passed. It expanded opportunities south of the border, and increased jobs in the U.S.
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U.S. sends troops to persian gulf
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OJ simpson was found not guilty in two counts of 1st degree murder.
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The first version of JAVA programming language is developed
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Dolly the sheep is the first animal to be succesfully cloned
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Titanic won the Oscar for best picture.
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Two students attending Columbine high school went on a shooting spree on April 20, 1999. They killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and injured 21 others.
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NASA launched the Hubble telescope on board the Discovery space shuttle.
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The twin towers and the pentagon were hit by hijacked planes. The culprits were members of Al Qaeda.
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The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry. All 7 astronauts were killed.
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The Ba'ath regime led by Saddam Hussein is deposed from power in Iraq.
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Upon recieving a tip US special forces attacked a compound in Iraq and killed Saddam Hussien's sons Uday and Qusay.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is inaugarated as Governor of California.
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The capture of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is announced.
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In the largest voter turnout in US history, President George W. Bush wins reelection to the Presidency of the United States.
