Timeline of United States history (1990-present)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 to present.

1990 - Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War
1991 - Gulf War
1991 - Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
1992 - U.S. presidential election, 1992
1993 - Bill Clinton becomes President
1993 - Branch Davidians standoff and fire in Waco, Texas
1994 - Northridge earthquake kills 57 in Los Angeles area
1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect
1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing
1995 - Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955.
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 - Indy Racing League is split off from CART
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111
1996 - U.S. presidential election, 1996 (Bill Clinton is re-elected)
1997 - President Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.
1998 - 224 killed in 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 on board.
1999 - Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado
1999 - President Clinton is acquitted in impeachment trial by U.S. Senate

2001 - Democrats gain narrow control of Senate after James Jeffords defects from the Republican Party.
2001 - September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon
2001 - Invasion of Afghanistan Operation "Enduring Freedom"
2002 - Department of Homeland Security created.
2002 - U.S. withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2003 - Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections.
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
2003 - Invasion of Iraq Operation "Iraqi Freedom" commences.
2004 - Occupation of Iraq, 2003-2004
2004 - The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season had numerous unusual occurrences impacting U.S. properties
2004 - U.S. presidential election, 2004 (George W. Bush is re-elected).
2004 - Republicans solidify control in both houses of Congress.
2005 - The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season takes its toll in the Southeast, most notably, Hurricane Katrina became the costliest hurricane of all time.
2006 - Democrats retake control of both houses of Congress, and gain a majority of state governorships (28-22).
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre
2008- U.S. presidential election, 2008 (The actual election has not yet occurred).

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