Telescope launched into space By soccrgrl02 Apr 25, 1990 Hubble telescope launched into space Dec 25, 1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union Dec 3, 1992 Official end of the Cold War Feb 26, 1993 use of the internet grows exponentially May 9, 1994 Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa Apr 15, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Mar 21, 1996 Mad Cow Disease Hits Britain Jul 1, 1997 Hong Kong returned to China Dec 19, 1998 U.S. President Cliton impeached Jun 10, 1999 NATO attacks Serbia Feb 27, 2000 Mapping the Human Genome Sep 11, 2001 9/11 May 7, 2002 U.S. withdraws from international courty treatry Jan 10, 2003 North Korea withdraws from treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons Aug 13, 2004 Summer Olympics take place in Athens, Greece Oct 10, 2005 Millions of Iraqi voters ratify a new constitution Nov 10, 2006 Democrat gain control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections Sep 10, 2007 The Senate confirms Mike McConnell as the director of National Intelligence Feb 28, 2008 New York Giants defeated New England Patriots 17-14 Feb 28, 2009 President Obama signs an executive order banning federal workers from texting while driving Feb 12, 2010 The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 2, 2011 U.S. troops and CIA operatives shoot and kill Osama Bin Laden Feb 11, 2012 Death of Whitney Houston
