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Hubble Space Telescope launch during Space Shuttle Discovery Mission
"The mission featured the deployment of Hubble, the first of NASA's Great Observatories to reach orbit. STS-31 was the tenth launch of the shuttle Discovery. (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/april-25-1990-deployment-of-the-hubble-space-telescope) -
Cold War Ends as the USSR dissolves
The war was at a state of geopolitical tension after World War II. -
Los Angelo's Riots
Resulted 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. -
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. -
Bill Clinton inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States
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Bill Clinton is inaugurated to his second-term
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Global Crisis Scare
The Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. -
A booming US economy
The resurgence of the U.S. economy from 1995 to 1999 outran all but the most optimistic expectations. -
US Presidential election
George W. Bush wins -
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
It was a sweeping piece of tax legislation in the United States passed by the 107th Congress and signed by President George W. Bush. -
9/11
Was a terrorist attack that hit down the twin towers. -
Hurricane Katrina
One of the most harsh natural disasters that hit and affected the south. -
Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley
Caused a damage of $2 to $4 billion in damage. -
Barack Obama was re-elected for President
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Destructive wild fires in Colorado
Burned nearly 16,000 acres.