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Bill Clinton's 957 page autobiography "My Life" is released and he spends three hours at a midtown Manhattan Barnes & Noble signing books for 1,500 buyers, some of whom camped out overnight on the sidewalk. |
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The Republican controlled U.S. Senate narrowly rejects a treaty banning underground nuclear testing. |
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The U.S. Senate acquits President Clinton on impeachment charges. A total of 67 votes were necessary to convict. Voting was 55 against and 45 in favor of the perjury charge. Obstruction of justice charge failed 50-50. |
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The Senate Impeachment Trial of U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton is opened by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Five days later, the Senate voted to acquit Mr. Clinton on both articles of impeachment. |
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U.S. President Bill Clinton becomes the second U.S. President to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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Bill Clinton's High School girlfriend and love interest through 1992, Dolly Kyle Browning, accuses him of defaming her to stop book. |
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Former Clinton aide Kathleen Willey appears on CBS 60 Minutes stating that president Clinton made unwelcome sexual advances towards her in 1993. |
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U.S. President bill Clinton tells the American public and investigators that "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. These allegations are false." |
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With FBI assistance, Linda Tripp wears a body mike during a meeting with Monica Lewinsky and records their conversatin. |
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In a sworn affidavit, Monica Lewinsky denies having had an affair with President Clinton. |
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Incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term. |
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President Clinton signs the welfare reform bill. |
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Clinton business partners, Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jim McDougal, and Susan McDougal are convicted of fraud. |
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U.S. President Bill Clinton provies 4 1/2 hours of videotaped testimony associated with the Whitewater Scandal. |
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US President Clinton signs an Anti-Terrorism bill into law. It authorizes new strategies and punishments for fighting terrorists, including the deportation of noncitizens suspected of links to terrorism. |
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In his State of the Union Address President Clinton declares "era of big government over." |
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The Clinton White House and Republican controlled Congress reach a deadlock regarding a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2002 which results in a complete shudown of the Federal Government for one week. |
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The United States and Vietnam restore full diplomatic relations. |
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US President Bill Clinton signs the Congressional Accountability Act into law. It requires that Congress follow the same workplace regulations that are applied to the rest of the country, including those laws which forbid discrimination based on race and gender. |
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The U.S. Republican Party takes control of both the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years. |
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US President Clinton signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. |
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U.S. President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam. The two countries will resume free trade in July of 2000. |
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US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords to require the dismantling of Ukraine's nuclear stockpile and to halt the targeting of nuclear missles on specific cities. |
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Attorney General Janet Reno announces the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate the Clinton's involvement with Whitewater. |
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Although opposed by Labor Groups, US President Clinton signs into law the North American Free Trade Agreement. This allows Mexico to join the free-trade zone already in place between the United States and Canada and creates the world's biggest free trade zone. |
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US President Bill Clinton signs into law the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act. This law requires a five day waiting period prior to the purchase of a handgun and also establishes a national criminal background check system to be used by firearms dealers. |
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U.S. Congress passes the 'Apology Resolution' which "apologizes to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the people of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893 with the participation of agents and citizens of the United States, and the deprivation of the rights of Nat ... |
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US President Bill Clinton signs a bill creating the National Service Program which provides $1.5 Billion over three years to enable students to repay federal educational aid through community service. |
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President Clinton hosts Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House for the signing of the Oslo Accords. |
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President Clinton signs the deficit reduction bill or Budget Reconciliation Act. It is designed to reduce the federal budget deficit by $496 Billion over 5 years. |
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