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Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into Law
ADA stands for the American with Disabilities Act that was made a reality in July of the year 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against those who live with a disability. One can not discriminate in the areas of public life that includes jobs, transportation, schools, as well as public/private places that are open to the community. -
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court
After the retirement of Thurgood Marshall, first African American to sit on the Supreme Court, President George Bush nominated Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas at the time was 43 years of age who was known for his conservative beliefs. -
The Arrest and Trial of Jeffery Dahmer
Jefferee Dahmer was also known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal" was an American serial killer and sex offender. He murdered seventeen men and boys throughout the years of 1978 until 1991. However, on the 22nd of July of 1991, he was finally arrested. Dhamer was indicated on fifteen murder charges. Two weeks after his trial, the court declared him sane, after he pled insanity as his defense, and guilty. He was sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment which translates to 957 prison years. -
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was a powerful and destructive force that was a category 5 storm. The winds reached 165 miles per hour. The impacted areas from this storm included: Florida, The Bahamas, Louisiana, Southern/Southeastern United States, and the Mid-Atlantic. This hurricane resulted with 65 fatalities, 27.3 billion dollars in damages, and hundreds about thousands struggling with homelessness. There were about 177,000 left homeless. Natural disasters like Hurrican Andrew impacts thousands. -
Entrance of US Soldiers in Somalia / Blackhawk Down
At the time, President George H.W. Bush proposed an idea to the UN that the American copmbat troops should be sent to Somalia in order to protect workers. The United Nations agreed to the President's proposal. About 25,000 troops from the United States were brought to Somalia on December 9, 1992. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. October of 1993, American troops launched a raid in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Two US Black Hawk helicopters were shot down. -
Signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, was signed into law by the United States President Bill Clinton. This was a trade pact between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Although controversial in the eyes of many, this pact eliminated virtually all tarrifs and restrictions between the three nations. This pact took effect on January 1, 1994 and created the world's largest free-trade zone. -
Verdict in the O.J. Simpson Trial
Orenthal James Simpson, star running back of the Buffalo Bills, was married to Nicole Brown. He reportedly regularly abused his wife. At the end of his trial, this former football player was acquitted of the brutal murder of his then estranged wife, Nicole Brown, and her dear friend, Ronald Goldman. The trial lasted 252 days. On October 3rd, 1995, an estimated 140 million Americans listened to the verdict on the radio or TV. -
Olympic Park Bombing
This was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. This attack was on July 27, during the 1996 Summer Olympics. An anonymous 911 call warned that a bomb will explode during the Olympic Games. This caller said that the bomb would go off in 30 minutes. Around 22 minutes later, a 40-pound pipe explodes. Two people died due to this attack, and around 111 were injured from the explosion. -
Murder of Matthew Shepard
October 6, 1998, a 21 year old boy, Matthew Shepard, went to a bar after a meeting of the LGBTQ+ student group on campus. At the bar he went to, he was approached by two his own age: Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, high-school dropouts. McKinney and Henderson drove Shepard to a remote area in the Sherman Hills development and began punching and pistol-whipping Shepard. He was hit 19 to 21 times in the head with a pistol, the final hit ruined Shepard’s brain stem. It was a hate crime. -
Beginning of NATO bombing in Yugoslavia
The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organized military operation against the Federal Republic there. This bombing resulted in 78 days of violence and an immense amount of destruction. The motive behind the operation was to force President Milosevic to agree to the terms of the agreement to end his military campaign against the Kosovo Liberation Army who took part in ethnic cleansing and the killing of innocent civilians.
