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

1990s

• 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit
• 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War
• 1990 - Loma Prieta earthquake kills 63 in greater San Francisco Bay Area
• 1991 - Gulf War
• 1991 - Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
• 1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots kill 50-60 people and cause nearly $1 billion damage
• 1992 - 27th Amendment ratified
• 1992 - Hurricane Andrew kills 23 and causes $26.5 billion in damage as it strikes Florida and later Louisiana
• 1992 - U.S. presidential election, 1992
• 1993 - Bill Clinton becomes President
• 1993 - World Trade Center bombing kills 6 and injures at least 1040
• 1993 - Branch Davidians standoff and fire in Waco, Texas
• 1994 - Northridge earthquake kills 57 in Los Angeles area
• 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect
• 1995 - Following the 1994 elections, Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1955.
• 1995 - 168 killed in Oklahoma City bombing
• 1995 - TWA flight 800 explodes off of Long Island killing all 230 aboard
• 1996 - Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia
• 1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 11
• 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 - President Clinton is acquitted in 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.
• 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 and The Pentagon
• 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 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 solidfy control in both houses of Congress.

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