Timeline of United States history (1990-present)

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
*1991 - Gulf War
*1991 - Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
*1992 - U.S. presidential election, 1992
*1993 - Bill Clinton becomes President
*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
*1994 - Shawna Johnson
*1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing
*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 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 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
*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 (The actual election has not yet occurred).
*2008 - A Metrolink passenger train and a freight train collide in Chatsworth, California. 25 people have died and the death toll is expected to rise. timeline
before=1970-1989
title=Timeline of United States history
years=1990 to present
after=None