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Microsoft releases the Windows 95 operating system.
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Democrat incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term.
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NASA's Mars Pathfinder space probe lands on Mars, releasing an automated six-wheeled, solar-powered "rover" named Sojourner, which travels the surface during the day, reporting on Martian geology.
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Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport. -
Apple Computer unveils the iMac.
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Embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500. The bombings were linked to Osama Bin Laden.
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President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
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The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing Civil Unions
for same-sex couples. -
Hillary Clinton is elected to the United States
Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win
public office. -
George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton as President of the
United States after prevailing over Al Gore in the disputed U.S.
presidential election -
Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center in New
York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and rural
Pennsylvania. -
First case of anthrax in the US (attack) is announced by
federal officials. -
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon
reentry, killing all seven astronauts onboard. -
Hurricane Katrina was one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States.
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this is the day that Michael Jackson died. He was a pop idol!
