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__FORCETOC__ This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 to the present. ==1990s== *1990 - Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission. *1991 - The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. *1991 - The World Wide Web is publicly debuted as an Internet service. *1991 - Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves. *1992 - Los Angeles riots result in over 50 deaths and $1 billion in damage, spurred by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King *1992 - U.S. presidential election, 1992 (Bill Clinton defeats President George H. W. Bush) *1992 - Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, kills 65 people and causes $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast, and will be the costliest natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. *1993 - Truck Bomb explodes in the parking garage, under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 6 people and injuring thousands. *1993 - Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 76 people including their leader, David Koresh. *1993 - The "Storm of the Century" strikes the Eastern Seaboard, with blizzard conditions and severe weather, killing 300 people and causing $6 billion in damage. *1993 - Massive flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers kill 50 people and devastate the Midwest with $15–$16 *1993 - President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military. *1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect. *1994 - 1994 Northridge earthquake kills 72 and injures 9,000 in the Los Angeles area and causes $20 billion in damage. *1995 - Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation resulted in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols *1995 - Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The trial, which lasts nine months, receives worldwide publicity. *1995 - A heat wave kills 750 in Chicago, bringing to attention the plight of the urban poor and the elderly in extreme weather conditions. *1995-1996 - A budget crisis forces the federal government to shutdown for several weeks. *1996 - TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard. *1996 - Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia *1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111 *1997 - Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15 *1998 - Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses President Clinton of sexual harassment *1998-1999 - Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial *1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78 *1999 - Two teenage students murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School. It is the deadliest mass murder at a high school in U.S. history, and sparks debates on gun control and bullying. *1999 - A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people and becomes the first to produce a tornado that causes $1 billion in damage. *1999 - The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217. *1999 - Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of United States history (1990–present)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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