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Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
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Lech Walesa became the first president of Poland
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela was freed
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The World Wide Web is publicly debuted as an Internet service.
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Eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines that killed 800 and the airlift of 14,000 Jews from Ethiopia by Israel.
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Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested
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South Africa repealed its apartheid laws
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Bill Clinton defeats President George H. W. Bush
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Genocide in Bosnia
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Riots in Los Angeles after the verdict in the Rodney King trial
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Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas,
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President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military.
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New York's World Trade Center was bombed
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North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect.
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Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa
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The Channel Tunnel opened, connecting Britain and France
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O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the double murder of his ex-wife
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President Bill Clinton is re-elected over Republican candidate Bob Dole in the presidential election
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Lewinsky scandal:
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Two teenage students murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School. It sparked debates on gun control and bullying.
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The USS Cole (DDG-76) is bombed in Yemeni waters, killing seventeen U.S. Navy sailors.
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George W. Bush became president
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Democrats gains narrow control of Senate after James Jeffords defects from the Republican Party.
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No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed.
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9/11
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Anthrax attacks kill 5 and infect a further 17 through the U.S. Mail system.
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American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Queens, New York, killing 265.
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The United States launches the invasion of Afghanistan marking the start of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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The United States withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere
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In Iraq, deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. special forces
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The social networking website Facebook is launched.
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Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
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Hurricane Katrina
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Virginia Tech massacre
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The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
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Pop icon Michael Jackson dies,
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A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama
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Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.
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President Barack Obama is re-elected
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Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon
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Defense of Marriage Act
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Shooting of Michael Brown
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Omar Mateen
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Donald Trump
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Hurricane Irma
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Net Neutrality
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