The 90's Thread

[goddess_nemesis]

1997: (June 2) In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

 

[paracarl44]

1998.

July 25th: The United States Navy places the aircraft carrier
USS Harry S. Truman in service.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1999: (April 20) Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.

 

[milagros317]

1990

East Germany (DDR) and West Germany (BRD) reunited into one country.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1991: (July 22) Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Police soon found out that he is involved in 6 more murders.

 

[paracarl44]

1992.

February 10th: Boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of rape in a courtroom in Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1993: (June 23) In Manassas, Virginia, Lorena Bobbitt cuts off the penis of her husband John Wayne Bobbitt.

 

[milagros317]

1994

September 14: Bug Selig announces that the rest of the 1994 baseball season (including the postseason) is canceled. For the first time in 90 years, the World Series will not be played.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1995: (May 27) In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

 

[milagros317]

1996

Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States in a landslide victory over Bob Dole.

Dole later goes on to become the butt of jokes for making Viagra commercials while Clinton becomes the butt of jokes for claiming that oral sex is not really sex.

 

[paracarl44]

1997.

January 20th: President Clinton takes the Oath Of Office for President of the United States for the second time.

 

[milagros317]

1998

December 19: The House of Representatives, voting mostly along party lines, impeaches President Bill Clinton for perjury and for obstruction of justice.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1999 (April 20) Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.

 

[milagros317]

1990

Seinfeld debuts on NBC and The Simpsons debuts on FOX.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1991: (June 17) U.S. President Zachary Taylor is exhumed to discover whether or not his death was caused by arsenic poisoning, instead of acute gastrointestinal illness; no trace of arsenic is found.

 

[paracarl44]

1992.

April 12th: Disneyland Paris opens on this day to be called "EuroDisney".

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1993: (November 17-22) NAFTA passes the legislative houses in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

 

[milagros317]

1994

October 17: Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty, having officially been at war for 46 years.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1995: (January 29) The San Francisco 49ers become the first National Football League franchise to win five Super Bowls, as they defeat the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida.

 

[Mitchell]

1996-October 26. The New York Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game Six of the 1996 World Series at Yankee Stadium, rallying to win the series following a two games to none Braves lead in the 1996 World Series, after the Braves had won Games 1 and 2 at Yankee Stadium.

Mitch

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1997: (January 22) Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the United States Senate.

 

[paracarl44]

1998.

February 15th: Dale Earnhardt finally wins the Daytona 500. This was his 20th try, after many unsucessful attempts.

 

[tickmankyle1]

feb. 1997 jeff gordon wins the daytona 500

 

[ikaiyoo]

1998 Randy Moss drafted by the vikings

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1999: (January 21) In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 tons) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas.