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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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The Gulf War – Iraq was left in severe debt after the 1980s war with Iran. President Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait of flooding the market with oil and driving down prices
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Iraq invades Kuwait leading to the Gulf War.
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Government-imposed price increases double or triple the prices of consumer goods in the Soviet Union.
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COMECON is dissolved.
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Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague.
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Cartoon Network was first broadcast on television.
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In Washington, DC, the Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated.
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The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established.
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March 15 – U.S. troops are withdrawn from Somalia.
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he U.S. House of Representatives votes 246–188 to cut taxes for individuals and corporations.
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U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
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The element Copernicium is discovered.
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Pokemon Green was released in Japan as the first game in the world famous Pokemon series.
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A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
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Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion.
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Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.
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CBS telecasts The Wizard of Oz for the last time.
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A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (53 cm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68.
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Impeachment of Bill Clinton: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate.
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Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by JK Rowling is published.
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Hillary Clinton wins a seat for the United States Senate from New York
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Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles by winning the Master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
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9-11
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United States Department issues it's report in War on Terror.
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United Nations passes Resolution 1441 in unanimous security council vote.
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A tragedy a NASA occurs when space shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentering over Taxes.
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Saddem Hussein, former leader of Iraq is captured in a small numker in Tikrit by U.S.
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Mars rover Mer-B confirms to NASA that the area of their land was once covered with water
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President George W.Buah wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Mass.
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Super Bowl XXXIX the Patriots win
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Hurricane Katrina
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1 Billionth song downloaded from itunes.
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The population of U.S reaches three undred million
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Apple introduces the first IPhone
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A terror plot to blow up JFK National Airport in NYC
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The price of petroleum hits $100 per barrel for the first time.
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Barack Obama wins the election
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The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief.
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Patric Swayze movie and dance star dies
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Haiti Earthquake
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The first 24-hour flight by a solar-powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.
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Beginning of the Arab Spring.
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A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing.
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The killing of Osama Bin Laden
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The worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts leave 620 million people without power.
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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injurin.g 1,491 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere in over a century
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Benedict XVI resigns as Pope, the first to do so since Gregory XII.
