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US Invasion of Panama
The United States invaded Panama in search of Manuel Noriega. He was the current dictator of Panama and previously had worked with the CIA but was found out to be racketeering and drug trafficking. The attack of 9,000 American troops was called by President Bush. Only after about 2 weeks was Noriega captured and detained by American forces. America lost significantly less troops and civilians compared to Panama and their forces, -
Rodney King Beating / L.A. Riots
After a high speed chase with an intoxicated and uncooperative Rodney King, he was seized by police and beaten. After he was captured he was beaten for much longer than he was capable of resisting the officers. In 1992, his body cam footage was viewed by the public and sparked an outrage among the L.A. residents. The rioters were indiscriminate with who they found themselves fighting against, pulling motorists off their bikes, pulling people out of their cars and beating them. -
Arrest and Trial of Jeffery Dhamer
Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested after one of his captives, Tracy Edwards, escaped and found local authorities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The cops went to Dahmer’s apartment and found the horrors that he had committed. At the trial, he attempted to plead for insanity, but the jury had denied Dahmer that luxury and sentenced him to life in prison. After a few years in prison, he was killed by another inmate. -
Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA was created by George H. W. Bush, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and President of Mexico, Carlos Salinas. NAFTA was designed to allow for open trading among Mexico, the US, and Canada. NAFTA allowed for the three countries to trade without having tariffs and import and export taxes. NAFTA’s main purpose was to allow for the countries to allow for fair competition, allow for protection of intellectual property, eliminate barriers of trade, and increase wealth among the countries. -
O.J. Simpson Trial
O.J. Simpson was on trial for the double murder of his estranged wife and her friend. Simpson had many lawyers to contort and convince the jury that Simpson was innocent even though there was a lot of evidence pointing to his guilt. Such evidence being a leather glove that had both the blood of the victims and his DNA. Even his blood was found at the crime scene, yet in the end, he was found innocent. -
Unabomber Attacks and Arrest
Ted Kaczynski was captured after he was found in his cabin in Lincoln, Montana. Ted sent a letter to the New York Times and Washington Post to print his manifesto. This led to Ted’s brother, who noticed his brother's language, to notify the cops and led to his arrest. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and his attorneys attempted to plead insanity. He eventually plead guilty and didn’t get the death penalty, somehow. -
Olympic Park Bombing
The Olympic Park Bombing was one of a series of bombings carried out by Eric Robert Rudolph. The pipe bomb weighed in at over 40 pounds and killed two people while injuring over 100. His first two bombings occurred at a abortion clinic and a lesbian night club. Rudolph claims he committed the bombings because of his faith, from this claim he managed to avoid the death sentence. -
NATO Bombing in Yugoslavia
Under the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began bombing Serbian forces in Kosovo. NATO intervened in Kosovo due to President Milosevic and his ethnic cleansing and killings of Kosovo Albanian civilians. The bombings continued until June 10, 1999 when the Serbian forces were withdrawn. This time period was called the 78 days of fear by those who were affected by the Serbian forces. -
Columbine Massacre
At around 11:19, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had begun to shoot up the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. During the duration of the shooting, the two had managed to kill 13 and wounded 20 others. They originally had planned for bombs to go off in the Cafeteria, but they failed to detonate. Their motives were made known when other students were questioned and when their journals were found. They were part of the “outcasts” of the school and were seen as strange. -
Y2K Scare
The Y2K Scare was a short period of time before the turn of the century where people believed that all technology would simultaneously fail. Based upon computers calendars would not be able to understand the difference between the years 1900 and 2000. This idea gave people the impression that every piece of technology with a calendar could and would fail, causing blackouts and other damages. This scare highlighted the fact that people really didn’t understand how computers worked.
