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The 1990's
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The Hubble Telescope Was Launched Into Space
The Hubble Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990. The purpose of the Hubble Space Telescope is to gather light from cosmic objects so scientists can better understand the universe around us. -
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The Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War was a war fought between Iraq and a coalition, the United Nations forces, led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders. -
The Creation of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientists, invented the World Wide Web, is an information territory where documents and other web assets are identified, by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and hypertext links, and can be used through the Internet. -
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
A shocking course of events from 1989 and 1991 that brought upon the collapse of communist control in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. -
L.A. Riots
These were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbances that occurred in L.A. California in April and May of 1992. It all began in South Central Los Angeles after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department of the use of excessive force arrest and beating of Rodney King. It then spread throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area, where thousands of people rioted after the announcement of the courts verdict. -
Election of 1992
There were three candidates, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. Clinton emerged as the leading Democratic presidential candidate, and won a plurality in the popular vote, and a wide Electoral College margin. Making Bill Clinton the new president of the United States. -
NAFTA
Supported by Clinton and promoted, in 1993 it was an accord signed by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. to reduce and eventually eliminate barriers to trade, including tariffs, among the signatories. -
Palestine state treaty
Clinton labored to broker peace between Israel and Palestinians. In 1993 Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli prime minister, Yassir Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, signed an agreement preparing for a Palestinian state. In 1995 Rabin was assassinated and the agreement was shattered. -
Ruth Bader Ginsberg becomes the second female justice of the Supreme Court
Ginsberg was nominated by President Clinton after being an appeals court judge for thirteen years. She was easily confirmed by a 96-3 vote in the Senate. -
1994 Midterm Elections
Republicans led by Newt Gingrich offered voters a new plan for the economy that involved less government. In the end Republicans won majorities in both the senate and the house and began their Contract with America. -
Election of 1996
In 1996 the US was in favorable economic climate and Clinton campaigned on optimistic view of the economy. In the end he won by an impressive margin in the Electoral College(379 to 159) over Bob Dole. -
Bill Clinton's Impeachment Trial
Clinton had denied about inappropriate conduct with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. However, when tapes confirming a relationship between the two were released it was clear that Clinton did have sexual relations with that woman and had lied under oath about it. The Republican leaders in the house impeached Clinton for perjury, but lacked the two-thirds majority to convict the president. -
Columbine Shooting
On April 20, two teens, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, began shooting their classmates at Columbine High School in Colorado. The gunmen killed 12 students, a teacher, and wounded more than 20 people before they killed themselves. This was one the first mass shootings in the United States and the fact that it happened in a school meant that is was a source of national outcry. This event started a heated gun control debate that still rages on.
