William Jefferson Bill Clinton Biography

Death of William Blythe, Bill Clintons father, before Bill Clintons birth

Birth of Bill Clinton in Hope south west Arkansas

Changes name by deed poll from Blythe to Clinton

A Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1968 and 1970

Clinton obtains a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale Law School

In his first year as a University of Arkansas law professor, Clinton runs for the House of Representatives, the incumbent, John Paul Hammerschmidt, defeats Clinton with 52% of the vote

Marries Hillary Clinton

Appointed State Attorney General

Elected to Congress from Arkansas

First elected Governor of Arkansas, the youngest to be elected Governor since 1938

Clinton is defeated in his bid for a 2nd term by Republican challenger Frank D. White, he joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nations history

Elected Governor of Arkansas

Gives the keynote address at the Democrats national convention

Gives the keynote address at the Democrats national convention

Appointed President of the USA, 42nd President, 1st term

Receives the Democratic Presidential nomination

Admits he avoided the Vietnam war draft

Supports the North American Free Trade Agreement for ratification by the US Senate. Raises taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% , while cutting taxes on 15 million low-earners

Wins the Presidential election (43.0% of the vote) against Republican George H. W. Bush (37.4% of the vote) & billionaire populist H. Ross Perot, who runs as an independent (18.9% of the vote)

Signs the Brady Bill, imposes 5 day waiting period on handgun purchases so that background checks can be done

The effort to create a national healthcare system ultimately dies under heavy public pressure, the first major legislative defeat of Clintons administration. Sets up a task force, headed by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, to come up with a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care for all Americans, cornerstone of the administration

William Jefferson Bill Clinton raises taxes on the wealthiest 1.2%, while cutting taxes on 15 million low-earners.

William Jefferson Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill, imposes 5 day waiting period on handgun purchases so that background checks can be done.

William Jefferson Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which requires large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave because of pregnancy or serious medical condition.

William Jefferson Bill Clinton signs the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act which passes Congress without a single Republican vote.

The effort to create a national healthcare system ultimately dies under heavy public pressure, the first major legislative defeat of Clintons administration

Supports the North American Free Trade Agreement for ratification by the US Senate

The effort to create a national healthcare system ultimately dies under heavy public pressure, the first major legislative defeat of Clintons administration. Sets up a task force, headed by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, to come up with a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care for all Americans, cornerstone of the administration

Inaugurated President of the United States, 1st term

Witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with the PLOs Chairman Yasser Arafat

Clinton hosts the White House ceremony for the signing of the Declaration of Principles

Clinton stands with Rabin and Arafat during the symbolic handshake after the Oslo signing

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

The Representatives apporoves North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada & Mexico

The mid-term elections are disastrous for the Democrats, they lose control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years, because of Clintons national healthcare policy

Visits Germany to pass the responsibility of Easter Europe & Russia to Germany

Speaks in Berlin of US support for Germany

Signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, includes banning the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic "assault weapons"

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress

The United States and North Korea conclude the Agreed Framework addressing North Korea's nuclear programme.

The Republican Party wins majorities in both the Senate & the House of Representitives

The USA unilaterally withdraws from the United Nations arms embargo against Bosnia

START I enters into force after the treaty parties exchange instruments of ratification.

The US rescues Mexicos economy with $20-billion aid program

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

NPT parties agree to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty indefinitely.

The US shuttle docks with Russian space station

President Clinton extends full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam normalizing relations with the communist nation 22 years after US disengagement from the war with Hanoi

Announces United States support for a comprehensive nuclear test ban prohibiting all nuclear test explosions.

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Clinton hosts the Washington ceremony for the signing of Oslo Two

A federal jury at New York finds Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims guilty of conspiring to carry out a campaign of terrorist bombings and assassinations aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its support of Israel

A federal jury at New York finds Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims guilty of conspiring to carry out a campaign of terrorist bombings and assassinations aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its support of Israel

Pope John Paul II visits the US on a whirlwind tour

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The peace agreement reached at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Ends the 3 1/2 yrs of war in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created. The Dayton Accords stops the 3 1/2 yr war & recognizes the sovereignty of Bosnia. Clinton is awarded the Dayton Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war in Bosnia & build lasting peace in the Balkans. Claims to have "solved" to problems in Bosnia after the Dayton peace talks

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created

Clinton is awarded the Dayton Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war in Bosnia & build lasting peace in the Balkans

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created

Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created

Appointed President of the USA, 42nd President, 2nd term

This agreement also allowed the UN to oversee the use and management of oil revenues, and to see that some of the funds went to pay war reparations and for the work of UNSCOM in Iraq during this period.

This record states: The Iraqi ruling regime agreed to the terms of United Security Council Resolution 986, an oil-for-supplies agreement in which Iraq was allowed to sell $2 billion worth of oil every six months as a ways to purchase.

This record states: supplies for its increasingly impoverished and malnourished population.

This agreement also allowed the UN to oversee the use and management of oil revenues, and to see that some of the funds went to pay war reparations and for the work of UNSCOM in Iraq during this period.

This record states: The Iraqi ruling regime agreed to the terms of United Security Council Resolution 986, an oil-for-supplies agreement in which Iraq was allowed to sell $2 billion worth of oil every six months as a ways to purchase.

This record states: supplies for its increasingly impoverished and malnourished population.

This agreement also allowed the UN to oversee the use and management of oil revenues, and to see that some of the funds went to pay war reparations and for the work of UNSCOM in Iraq during this period.

This record states: The Iraqi ruling regime agreed to the terms of United Security Council Resolution 986, an oil-for-supplies agreement in which Iraq was allowed to sell $2 billion worth of oil every six months as a ways to purchase.

This record states: supplies for its increasingly impoverished and malnourished population.

Signs the Communications Decency Act, attempts to regulate both indecency (when available to children) and obscenity in cyberspace

Signs the Telecom Reform Act, Congress forces local telephone companies to share their lines with competitors at regulated rates

Signs the Minimum wage Increase Act

Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, which includes time limits for welfare, work requirements, and assistance for people transitioning to work

Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, which includes time limits for welfare, work requirements, and assistance for people transitioning to work

Signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on the day it opens for signature.

Initiated in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 the full formal agreement is signed in Paris

Promises to develop a plan to unite a nation divided by attitudes to race

Inaugurated as President of the USA, 2nd term

Ratifies the Chemical Weapons Convention for the United States after Senate consent.

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

The US imposes sanctions on Sudan, Clinton orders stricter prohibitions for alleged sponsorship of terrorism and human rights abuses

The US imposes sanctions on Sudan, Clinton orders stricter prohibitions for alleged sponsorship of terrorism and human rights abuses

The US imposes sanctions on Sudan, Clinton orders stricter prohibitions for alleged sponsorship of terrorism and human rights abuses

Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons

Clinton sends carrier warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weapons

Clinton welcomes Saddam Husseins decision to back down and allow United Nations inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction

Clinton welcomes Saddam Hussein's decision to back down and allow United Nations inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction

Nations sign a Treaty banning land mines, about 120 nations at the Ottawa conference agree to outlaw global production and use, the United States, China, and Russia attend but do not sign Treaty

Nations sign a Treaty banning land mines, about 120 nations at the Ottawa conference agree to outlaw global production and use, the United States, China, and Russia attend but do not sign Treaty

Clinton Extends Troops Bosnia Agreement, decides G.I.s should remain past scheduled departure in June as part of peacekeeping force

Chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell, the talks are advanced by a high-profile set of mediators, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and President Bill Clinton

Clinton says, "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. Ive never had an affair with her."

Says of North Ireland, "Peace is no longer a dream. It is a reality"

Arrives in China & receives an open letter from founders of the China Democratic Party

Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights

Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights

Gives a lecture at Beijing University on the importance of human rights

Gives a lecture at Beijing University on the importance of human rights

Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy. Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy

Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy

Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy

Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug

Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug

Clinton hosts Netanyahu and Arafat at Wye River to revive Oslo implementation

Signs Iraq Liberation Act, it becomes US Policy to support "regime change" in Iraq

Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country.

Signs Iraq Liberation Act, it becomes US Policy to support "regime change" in Iraq.

The Act anticipates the future need for War Crimes Tribunals in Iraq.

The stated purpose is: "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq".

Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country

Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country

Supports the bombing of Iraq as sanctions have little effect

The Constitution cites "high crimes and misdemeanors" as impeachable offenses

The Constitution cites "high crimes and misdemeanors" as impeachable offenses. Clinton is impeached on two counts in the House of Representatives, a Senate trial does not result in the two-thirds majority vote required to remove the President. Clinton faces a trial of impeachment in the US Senate following improper relations with a White House intern & evidence of perjury & obstruction of justice

Visited by leaders of Nothern Ireland political parties

Supports the bombing of Iraq as sanctions have little effect

Investigators obtain a semen-stained dress as well as testimony from Lewinsky, Clinton changes tactics and admits that an improper relationship with Lewinsky had taken place

UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council

A new policy would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade

Washington officials say agents on arms inspection teams discovered secret weapons programs

President Clinton sends Paula Jones a cheque for $850,000 sexual harassment settlement

The US imposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop nuclear weapons and missiles

The US imposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop nuclear weapons and missiles

Clinton pays $850,000 to end legal action by former Arkansas employee, Paula Joness, who accused him of sexual misconduct

Opening day of the trial, the 1st presidential impeachment hearing for 131 yrs

President Clinton proposes that Government invest in the stock market to strengthen Social Security in his State of the Union Address

President Clinton proposes that Government invest in the stock market to strengthen Social Security in his State of the Union Address

Appears on national television & states "Listen to me, Im going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"

Monica Lewinsky gives a deposition in the imeachment trial of Bill Clinton

1st day of Clintons impeachment trial at the Senate

Senate votes 55-45 not to impeach Clinton for perjury. Senate votes 50-50 to impeach Clinton for obstructing justice. Cleared of high crimes & misdemeanours by the Senate

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"

UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council

UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches