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Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA is a civil rights law that stops discrimination based on disability. It offers securities against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and more . The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and put requirements on public accommodations.The final version of the bill was signed on July 26, 1990, by President Bush. -
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court
President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to take the spot of Thurgood Marshall. Toward the end of the process, sexual harassment cases were filed by Anita Hill. After, Thomas was confirmed. Clarence Thomas is a conservative American judge, lawyer, and government official. in the Supreme Court. He is currently the most senior associate justice on the Court following the retirement of Anthony Kennedy. -
Entrance of US Soldiers in Somalia / Blackhawk Down
UNOSOM II was the second phase of the intervention in Somalia.The UNOSOM II intervention was associated with the Battle of Mogadishu. These events were the basis for Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War in 1999. It shows efforts by the Unified Task Force to capture Somali leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, and the resulting battle in Mogadishu between United States forces and Aidid's militia. This was the most intense close combat in U.S. military history since the Vietnam War. -
Signing of the North American Free trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The NAFTA trade bloc is one of the largest trade blocs in the world by GDP. President Bill Clinton signed the agreement on December 8 but started on January 1, 1994. With the signing, tariffs were gradually eliminated and other trade barriers on products and services passed between the United States, Canada and Mexico. -
Explosion of TWA Flight 800
Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All 230 people died in the crash. It is considered the third-deadliest plane accident in U.S. history. Accident investigators traveled to the scene said a terrorist attack was the cause of the crash. Consequently, the FBI and NYFD Terrorism Task Force initiated a similar investigation. Later, tthey announced that no evidence of a criminal act was found and closed its investigation -
Olympic Park Bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack. The blast killed one person and injured 111. Richard Jewell discovered the bomb before detonation and began clearing spectators. After, Jewell was investigated as a suspect by the FBI and he was actually innocent. After three more bombings, Rudolph the suspect. Rudolph was arrested, and in he agreed to plead guilty to avoid a death sentence. Rudolph was sentenced to life imprisonment. -
Murder of Jon Benet Ramsey
JonBenét Ramsey was a child beauty queen who was killed at the age of 6. Her body found in the basement of their house. She had a broken skull and had been strangled. The crime is still unsolved. The police first thought that the note found in the house had been written by mother, and that it had been staged.The DA took over investigation of the and pursued the theory that an intruder had committed the crime.Trace DNA was found to belong to an unknown male, no match to the family. -
Murder of Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay student who had been beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie. The suspects were to be Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson who were charged with first-degree murder. Their intentions were to rob him at first but McKinney's defense counsel argued that he had killed him impulsively when Shepard made a sexual advance. The US Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, President Barack Obama signed into law. -
Beginning of NATO bombing in Yugoslavia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ordered the air strikes against Yugoslavia with the bombing of Serbian military in the Yugoslav. The bombings continued until an agreement was reached. The bombing killed 1,000 members. The bombing was NATO's second major combat operation. It was the first time that NATO had used military force without the showing of support of the UN Security Council, which triggered debates over if the intervention was legit. -
Columbine Shooting
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting and attempted bombing at Columbine High School. The suspects, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. They murdered 12 students and one teacher. Ten students were killed in the school library, where the two subsequently committed suicide. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting. Not only was it a shooting, but also bombs were made. These were enough to kill everyone.The Memorial opened up to the public on September 21, 2007.