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Rodney King
Rodney Glen King was an American construction worker turned writer and activist after surviving an act of police brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department. On March 3, 1991, King was violently beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest for fleeing and resisting arrest on California State Route 210. -
Contract with America
The Contract with America was a legislative agenda advocated for by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. -
O.J. Simpsons "Trial of the Century"
Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994 slashing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. ... The trial—often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity—spanned eleven months, from the jury's swearing-in on November 9, 1994. -
Bill Clinton's Impeachment
Although proceedings were delayed due to the bombing of Iraq, on the passage of Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998 on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice.