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An alliance led by the United States and Iraq fought to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders.
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The Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, the Soviet Union dissolved into separate republics and free elections ended Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe.
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The Republican plan that called for welfare reform, congressional term limits, and a balanced-budget amendment.
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The deadliest domestic terrorist bombing in U.S. history at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Florida Supreme Court’s decision that manual recounts should continue in all counties where a statistically significant number of undervotes for the presidential election.
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A series of airline hijackings by al-Qaeda that resulted in the falling of the world trade center.
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The economic downturn after the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble and the global financial crisis.
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A reform law that increases health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implements reforms to the health insurance market