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Events relating to north america
President Clinton's bill to provide health insurance for all US citizens is defeated in Congress
A massive bomb destroys federal buildings in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people
Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam organizes a Million Man March into Washington
US poet Philip Levine wins a Pulitzer Prize with his volume of poems Simple Truth
The jury acquits O.J. Simpson of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, after a trial lasting almost a year
The US hosts peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, between Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia to end the Bosnian civil war
An atmospheric probe, released from the US spacecraft Galileo, enters the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with a fortune of $20 billion, is calculated to be the richest man in the world
American painter Julian Schnabel turns his hand to film-making with Basquiat, a tribute to graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Bill Clinton wins re-election as US president, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
Sojourner, a robot roving vehicle, detaches from Mars Pathfinder to analyse the surface of the planet
In his first year as a professional, US golfer Tiger Woods wins both the British Open and the US Masters
Frank Gehry wins world-wide attention with his design for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Bob Dylan produces one of his finest albums, Time out of Mind
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Ph.D. students at Stanford University, register the domain name google.com
President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.'
Two boys aged 11 and 13 fire on a school group in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four girls and a teacher
The drug Viagra wins government approval in the USA as a treatment for male impotence
President Clinton admits to having had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky
US cruise missiles attack al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Khartoum
The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe)
The US Senate begins an impeachment trial of President Clinton for perjury and obstruction
President Clinton escapes impeachment when the Senate divides 55-45 and 50-50 on the two charges, well short of the required two thirds majority
Two teenage boys in Littleton, Colorado, open fire on their fellow students in Columbine High School, killing twelve and one teacher
The US relinquishes sovereignty over the canal zone to Panama on the last day of the century, as agreed in the 1977 treaty
