TIMELINE OF THE 1990'S
1990
- Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit
-Nelson Mandela is freed
-clean Air act Amendment of 1990 is passed
-Pollustion Prevention Act
-First elections in Romania
- Iraq invades Kuwait
1991
- United Nation forces attack Iraq
-Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia nations leave the Soviet Union
- The World Wide Web is available
- Collapse of the Soviet Union
- Federal recycling order signed
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1992
-Riots occur in Los Angeles after Rodney King was beaten by police officers
-Bosnia and Hercegovina secede form Yugoslavia
-John Gotti is convicted on 13 accounts
-The 27th amendment is passed, which said Congress members could not receive a raise until the next election
-The first African American female astronaut, Dr. Mae C. Jemison, orbits the earth
1993
-NAFTA is ratified
-Czechoslovakia splits to become Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
-Muslims try to explode the World Trade Center
- Israel and PLO sign Peace Accord
- An anti-abortionist kills Dr. David Gunn outside his abortion clinic
1994
-Civil War in Rwanda occurs. over 800,00 innocent Tutsi's are killed by Hutu's
- Richard Nixon dies on April 22, at the age of 81
-Existence of Black Holes are proved
- Whitewater scandal begins to be investigated
- North Korean is suspected to have commited nuclear violations
1995
- Oklahoma City Bombng
-Dayton Peace Accord is signed betwwen Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro
- Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. becomes the first African American to walk in space
- the first planet outside our solar system is found
- Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated
1996
- Mad Cow disease hits Britian
- Theodore Kaczynski is the prime suspect of the Unabomber bombings
- Jonbenet ramsey is found dead after she was reported missing for 8 hours
-Dublane massacre occurs at Dublane Primary School in Scottland. 16 children, 1 adult, and the attacker are killed
1997
- Princess Diana dies in a car accident
-Hong Kong is returned to China
- A sheep, named Dolly, is successfully cloned
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1998
- President Bill Clinton is impeached
-India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons
- Bill Clinton admits to the Lewinsky affair
- The international Space Station is launched
- Two U.S Embasies are bombed in Africa
1999
- Panama Cananl is returned to Panama
- John F. Kennedy Jr. dies in a plane crash
- The Euro becomes Europe's currency
- School shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. 12 students are killed and 1 teacher