Presidential Timeline By Svitok Jul 26, 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act Aug 2, 1990 Persian Gulf War Jan 16, 1991 Desert Storm Jun 17, 1991 South Africa Appeals Apartheid Laws Oct 23, 1991 Nominated Clarence Thomas Judge Dec 26, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union Dec 26, 1991 End of Cold War Feb 5, 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act Feb 26, 1993 Bomb in WTC Jul 19, 1993 Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy Apr 6, 1994 Rwandan Genocide May 6, 1994 Tunnel connects Britain and France May 10, 1994 Nelson Mandela president of South Africa Sep 13, 1994 Anti Violence Act Mar 20, 1995 Sarin Gas Attack Apr 19, 1995 Bombing in Oklahoma City Jul 11, 1995 Makes peace with Vietnam Nov 4, 1995 Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated Aug 22, 1996 Major reforms to welfare system Jul 1, 1997 Hong Kong Returns to China Aug 31, 1997 Princess Diana Dies Jan 17, 1998 Denies Cheating Accusations Aug 17, 1998 Admits he cheated Dec 16, 1998 Air Attacks on Iraq Dec 19, 1998 Impeached Jan 1, 1999 The Euro is Introduced Feb 12, 1999 Impeachment Charges Dropped Mar 24, 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia Apr 20, 1999 Columbine High Shooting Jun 16, 1999 Eliminating Child Labor Feb 9, 2001 USS Greeneville collides with a Japanese ship May 1, 2001 Missile defense idea Jun 7, 2001 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Sep 9, 2001 WTC Attack Sep 18, 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists Oct 1, 2001 Deployment of US troops to Afghanistan Oct 26, 2001 USA Patriot Act Jan 8, 2002 No Child Left Behind Act Nov 25, 2002 Homeland Security Act Jan 29, 2003 Turn the Tide of AIDS Oct 3, 2003 Interim report on Iraq released Nov 5, 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Dec 3, 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act Jan 23, 2004 David Kay resigns his position Apr 1, 2004 Unborn Victims of Violence Act Dec 17, 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act Feb 18, 2005 Class Action Fairness Act Apr 20, 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act Apr 11, 2006 Iranian nuclear Crisis Apr 22, 2006 Nouri al-Maliki named prime-minister delegate Jul 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Tests Jul 15, 2006 UN Security Council Resolution 1695 Dec 23, 2006 Resolution 1737 May 22, 2007 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act Feb 13, 2008 Economic Stimulus Act Jun 30, 2008 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act Aug 14, 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Sep 1, 2008 Spanish Financial Crisis Oct 3, 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Feb 7, 2009 Stimulus package Mar 29, 2009 Obama bails out GM Jan 12, 2010 Haitian Earthquake Mar 18, 2010 Obama signs healthcare bill Aug 2, 2010 Budget Control Act Dec 17, 2010 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act Feb 12, 2011 Egyptian Revolution Mar 12, 2011 Lybian Revolution Mar 12, 2011 Japanese Tsunami May 1, 2011 Osama Binladen Death Aug 12, 2011 Syrian Massacres Oct 12, 2011 Greek Economic Crisis May 9, 2012 Obama supports gay marriage
