1994
US sends forces to Persian Gulf (Oct. 7).
Four convicted in World Trade Center bombing (March 4).
Clinton accused of sexual harassment while Governor of Arkansas (May 6).
O. J. Simpson arrested in killings of wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and friend, Ronald Goldman (June 18).
US Supreme Court approves limit on abortion protests (June 30).
2000
U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state (Nov. 7-8). Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by Democrats (Nov. 11). Florida Supreme Court rules election hand count may continue (Nov. 21). U.S. Supreme Court orders halt to manual recount of Florida votes (Dec. 9). Supreme Court seals Bush victory by 5-4; rules there can be no further recounting (Dec. 12)
Cuban boy Elián González, 6, at center of international dispute, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home (April 22).
2003
In State of the Union address, Bush announces that he is ready to attack Iraq even without a UN mandate (Jan. 28). (For an account of the U.S. build-up to war in Iraq,
Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops (Dec. 13).
Bush signs ten-year, $350-billion tax cut package, the third-largest tax cut in U.S. history (May 28).
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