Timeline of the history of the United States (1990–2009)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 today.

1990s

• 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit{{modulessss}
• 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to the Gulf War.
• 1991 - The Gulf War ends in the Middle East.and Iraqi government declares surrender.
• 1991 - Oakland Firestorm of 1991 kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments.
• 1993 - Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd President of the United States.
• 1993 - Branch Davidians standoff and fire in Waco, Texas.
• 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect.
• 1994 - 1994 Northridge earthquake kills 57 in the Los Angeles, California area.
• 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800.
• 1995 - Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955.
• 1996 - TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
• 1996 - Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia
• 1996 - Indy Racing League is split off from CART
• 1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111
• 1996 - U.S. presidential election, 1996 (Bill Clinton is re-elected)
• 1997 - President Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.
• 1998 - 224 killed in 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
• 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 on board.
• 1999 - Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado
• 1999 - President Clinton is acquitted in an impeachment trial by U.S. Senate

2000s

• 2000 - USS Cole bombing in Yemen
• 2000 - U.S. presidential election, 2000; George W. Bush wins by 537 votes in Florida in contested election, becomes 43rd President of the United States.

• 2001 - Democrats gain narrow control of Senate after James Jeffords defects from the Republican Party.
• 2001 - September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• 2001 - Invasion of Afghanistan Operation "Enduring Freedom"
• 2002 - Department of Homeland Security created.
• 2002 - U.S. withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2003 - Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections.
• 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
• 2003 - Invasion of Iraq Operation "Iraqi Freedom" commences.
• 2004 - Occupation of Iraq, 2003-2004
• 2004 - The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season had numerous unusual occurrences impacting U.S. properties
• 2004 - U.S. presidential election, 2004 (George W. Bush is re-elected).
• 2004 - Republicans solidify control in both houses of Congress.
• 2005 - The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season takes its toll in the Southeast, most notably, Hurricane Katrina became the costliest hurricane of all time.
• 2006 - Democrats retake control of both houses of Congress, and gain a majority of state governorships (28-22).
• 2007 - Virginia Tech massacre
• 2007 - Recession officially begins in December.
• 2008 - On 27 August, Barack Obama became the first American of African descent to be nominated by a major party to run for the office of the President of the United States.
• 2008 - U.S. presidential election, 2008 - Barack Obama is elected as president. Joe Biden is elected as Vice President.
• 2009 - Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States.
• 2009 - President Barack Obama passes the $727 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• 2009 - A routine traffic stop in Oakland, CA lead to the deaths of four police officers and a citywide manhunt for Lovell Mixon, ending with a shootout and his subsequent death.
• 2009 - A Vietnamese immigrant murders 13 people at an immigration office near New York City, before committing suicide.

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