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1900
Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission. -
1991
Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves. -
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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ssW5aFMco -
1992
U.S. presidential election, 1992 (Bill Clinton defeats President George H. W. Bush) -
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 -
1995
Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955. -
1995
A budget crisis forces the federal government to shutdown for several weeks. -
1996
TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
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1997
Des Moines, Iowa resident Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy -
1998
Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses President Clinton of sexual harassment -
1999
Dennis Hastert of Illinois becomes Speaker of the House, a position he will hold until 2007, making him the longest-serving Republican -
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. -
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
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.
