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President George H.W. Bush Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production -
Bill Clinton defeats George H.W. Bush in the presidential election -
President Clinton orders a missile attack on the Iraqi intelligence headquarters, responding to the assassination attempt cultivated by the Iraq Secret Service on former U.S. President George H.W. Bush -
President Bill Clinton was alleged to have an affair involving sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky, a woman a working in the Pentagon. Clinton later came out and admitted that the allegations were true. -
A truck filled with explosives was outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 and injuring many more. Set off by Timothy McVeigh, who was eventually executed for his crimes -
The Summer Olympics Games are opened in Atlanta, Georgia by Bill Clinton. These games would be marred by the Centennial Park bombing of Olympic tourists on July 27, which killed 1 and injured 111. -
The Simpsons becomes the longest running prime-time cartoon television series in history, surpassing the Flintstones :D -
John Glenn, thirty-six years after becoming the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, becomes the oldest astronaut in space at 77 years old. -
People were terrified of what would happen to all the digital clocks once the clock turned to the year 2000, some even acting like it would be the end of the world -
Taking place at Columbine High School two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot and murdered 12 students and one teacher