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Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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ADA prohibits discrimination and Americans must be treated with equality in pursuing jobs, goods, services and other opportunities. The ADA is a mandate for equality. Any person who's treated unequally by an employer because of a real disability or because the employer regards the person as being disabled, should be entitled to the law's protection. -
Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA, is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on disability. It affects access to employment, state and local government programs and services, access to places of public accommodation such as businesses, transportation, and non-profit service providers. The ADA is solely about 'equal opportunity'. -
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas
On July 1, 1991, President George Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement. Thomas was one of five candidates on Bush's shortlist and was the one that Bush was most interested in nominating. Thomas had only served eight months as a judge at the time and multiple senior advisors told Bush that they did not feel that Thomas was ready. -
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas
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Then, reports leaked that Thomas was being accused of sexual harassment. Adozen close female colleagues effusively praised Thomas as a boss known for how well he treated the women around him.Anita Hill’s testimony was contradicted by data and evidence. Thomas won his confirmation battle. Bush eventually decided to nominate Judge David Souter of the First Circuit instead, who was easily confirmed. -
Hurricane Andrew
Andrew was the most powerful hurricane to hit South Florida in almost 30 years, and it ended up being the most costliest disaster in United States History. Andrew changed the landscape of South Florida completely. Prior to making landfall in South Florida, Andrew had sustained winds of 145 mph and wind gusts of approximately 175 miles per hour, which made it a Category Four Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. -
Hurricane Andrew
Andrew's central pressure was the third lowest of any hurricane to make landfall in the United States. There was a total of 65 deaths and around 150,000 to 250,000 people in South Florida were left homeless. Approximately 600,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. In total, the damage caused by Andrew in both South Florida and Louisiana totaled $26 billion dollars, the most costly natural disaster in United States history. -
US Soldiers in Somalia
Somali militia fighters loyal to Mohammed Farah Aidid shot down two American helicopters using rocket-propelled grenades. Mobs then hacked the fallen pilots to death with machetes and dragged their mutilated bodies through the streets as trophies. In rescue operations, American helicopter gunners and Special Forces fired into crowds, killing and wounding hundreds of Somalis, a third of them women and children, compared to eighteen American dead. -
Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a treaty that was a pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The NAFTA was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. He hoped the agreement would encourage other nations to work toward a broader world-trade pact.while signing this bill Clinton stated that NAFTA means good paying american jobs. NAFTA was created to eliminate tariff barriers to agriculture, manufacturing, and services to remove investment restrictions and to protect. -
Million Man March
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It was a day of atonement, reconciliation and responsibility. The march took place in Washington D.C. aroumd the national mall that set out to win politicians’ attention for urban and minority issues through widespread voter registration campaigns. -
Million Man March
October 16, 1995 there was a sea of Black men, many who stood for 10 hours or more sharing, learning, listening, fasting, hugging, crying, laughing, and praying. The day produced a spirit of brotherhood, love, and unity like never before experienced among Black men in America. All creeds and classes were present: Christians, Muslims, Hebrews, Agnostics, nationalists, civil rights organizations, fraternal organizations, rich and poor. -
Olympic Park Bombing
An anonymous 911 call warns that a bomb will explode in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, during the Olympic Games. The caller says: "There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have 30 minutes." The call is later determined to have been made from a pay phone near the park. Twenty-two minutes later, at 1:25 a.m. a 40-pound pipe bomb explodes. Two people died as a result of a terrorist bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, and more than 100 others were injured. -
Nato Bombing in Yugoslavia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commences air strikes against Yugoslavia with the bombing of Serbian military positions in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo.The attacks lasted for 11 weeks and resulted in the deaths of between 1,200 and 4,000 people, according to different sources. NATO caused heavy damage to Serbia's infrastructure, economy, schools, health institutions, media outlets, monuments of culture. -
Nato Bombing in Yugoslavia
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The western military alliance made the decision to attack Serbia without the approval of the UN Security Council. the planning of the war was already under way in mid-June in 1998 and was completed in August of that year. The Paris conference presented Serbia with the proposal to have foreign troops deployed in its territory, which was rejected. The decision not to accept foreign troops was confirmed by the Serbian Assembly, and on March 24, 1999 NATO launched its attacks. -
Columbine Shooting
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Investigators later learned Harris and Klebold had arrived in separate cars at Columbine around 11:10 on the morning of the massacre. The two then walked into the school cafeteria, where they placed two duffel bags each containing a 20-pound propane bomb set to explode at 11:17 a.m. The teens then went back outside to their cars to wait for the bombs to go off. When the bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold began their shooting spree. -
Columbine Shooting
Columbine High School reopened in the fall of 1999, but the massacre left a scar on the Littleton community. Mark Manes, the man who sold a gun to Harris and bought him 100 rounds of ammunition the day before the murders, was sentenced to six years in prison. Another man, Philip Duran, who introduced Harris and Klebold to Manes, also was sentenced to prison time. -
Columbine Shooting
On April 20, 1999, two teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. The crime was the worst high school shooting in U.S. history and prompted a national debate on gun control and school safety, as well as a major investigation to determine what motivated the gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17. -
Y2K Scare
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these computers could see"99" as "1999' but couldnt see "00" as "2000," instead saw it to mean 1900. Many feared that when the clocks struck midnight on January 1, 2000, many affected computers would be using an incorrect date and thus fail to operate properly unless the computers’ software was repaired or replaced before that date. -
Y2K Scare
Y2K bug, also called Year 2000 bug was a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000. After more than a year of international alarm, feverish preparations, and programming corrections, few major failures occurred in the transition from 1999 to 2000. Until the 1990s, many computer programs were designed to abbreviate four-digit years as two digits in order to save memory spac
