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George H.W. Bush defeats Michael Dukakis 426-111.
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President Bush became ill at an event hosted by the Japanese Prime Minister and vomits in his lap. Incident becomes fodder for late-night comics across the country.
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Hutus and Tutsis fight Civil War that leads to 800,000 deaths.
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4 separate airplanes were hijacked by members of Al-Qaida and crashed into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and western Pennsylvania killing several thousand people. Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility.
