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350,000 Somalis died from disease, starvation and civil war.
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President Bush ordered the Pentagon to begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia which was suffering from severe famine.
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US cargo planes landed in Somalia with tons of food for African famine victims.
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The first American forces arrived.
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President Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for millions of starving.
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Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as Operation Restore Hope began.
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An American mission to save lives in Somalia lost the first of its own when a U.S. vehicle hit a land mine near Bardera.
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Somalia's two main warlords, Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed, promised an end to their hostilities.
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President Bush visited Somalia, where he saw firsthand the famine racking the east African nation.
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US forces in Somalia unleashed tank, helicopter and rocket fire on two clan camps in Mogadishu where snipers had been taking potshots at the troops.
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United Nations forces launched a night time attack against the forces of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the United States.
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Four U.S. soldiers were killed when a land mine was detonated underneath their vehicle. This prompted President Clinton to order Army Rangers to try to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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President Clinton ordered more troops, heavy armor and naval firepower to Somalia, but also announced he would pull out all Americans by the end of March 1994.
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Eighteen US Rangers and Delta Force specialists died in a botched raid in Somalia and over 70 were wounded. In 1999 Mark Bowden published "Black Hawk Dawn," an account of the failed attempt to capture Mohammed Farrah Aidid.
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Thousands of Somalis demonstrated in the capital of Mogadishu to support warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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U.S. helicopter pilot Michael Durant and a Nigerian peacekeeper were freed by Somali fighters loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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Osama Bin Laden was suspected of supplying weapons to shoot down American helicopters.
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Muhammad Atef, a top Osama bin Laden lieutenant, and 6 other al Qaeda operatives, set up training camps in Somalia to help Somali tribes oppose a UN peacekeeping operation.
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American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia following a largely unsuccessful fifteen-month mission. 20,000 U.N. troops were left behind to keep the peace and facilitate "nation building."
