The 1990s
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1990
Named David H. Souter as Supreme Court Justice. 
Iraq invades Kuwait in August. 
Cummunist governments of Eastern Europe fall. German unification is complete. 
1991
In January, U.S. troops lead U.N. forces to quick victory over Saddam Hussein, pushing the Iraqis out of Kuwait. 
Soviet hard-liners attempt a coup against Gorbachev which fails. 
African-American Clarence Thomas confirmed to Supreme Court after controversial hearings. 
USSR collapses and the new Russian Commonwealth is formed. 
1992
Wins the Republican Party nomination for a second term in August. Suffers defeat 370-168EV at the hands of the Democratic nominee Bill Clinton in the November 3 general election. 
1993
Bill Clinton 1st Lady: Hillary
Names Ruth Bader Ginsberg as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
In a White House ceremony, representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) sign a declaration of principles for interim Palestinian self-rule. 
Congress approves legislation implementing the Clinton-supported North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), linking Canada, Mexico and the United States.
1994
With U.S. backing, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's democratically elected president who was overthrown in a 1991 coup, is restored to office. 
Congress fails to enact legislation reforming the health-care system, a Clinton priority. 
In midterm elections, the Republican Party gains control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954. 
1995 
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