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William Jefferson Bill Clinton Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Follow William Jefferson Bill Clinton through 150 dated historical records for United States of America.

William Jefferson Bill Clinton, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1994–1996Years on this page

1994

Reform of Health Policy

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

US North Korea Agreed Framework

President of United States of America · President of USA · Geneva · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

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

Role range: 1993-2001

Government

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

United Nations

President of USA · Warfare / United Nations

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

Role range: 1993-2000

START I Enters Force

President of United States of America · President of USA · Budapest · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

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

Role range: 1993-2001

Election

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

1995

US rescues Mexicos economy with $20-billion aid program

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

International Sanctions

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Sanctions

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

NPT Indefinite Extension

President of United States of America · President of USA · New York · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

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

Role range: 1993-2001

Shuttle

President of USA · Science / Technology

The US shuttle docks with Russian space station

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

President Clinton extends full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam normalizing relations

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Zero Yield CTBT Policy Announced

President of United States of America · President of USA · Washington · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

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

Role range: 1993-2001

Cold War

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Japanese-American relations are strained

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Oslo Two

President of USA · Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Clinton hosts the Washington ceremony for the signing of Oslo Two

Role range: 1993-2000

Political Support

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Political Support

President of USA · Religion / Islam

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Visit to The US on a whirlwind tour

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

Pope John Paul II visits the US on a whirlwind tour

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a

President of USA · New York · Government / Democratic Party Government

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)

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

United Nations

President of USA · New York · Government / Democratic Party Government

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)

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a

President of USA · New York · Warfare / United Nations

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)

Role range: 1993-2000

Dayton Accords

President of USA · Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1990-1997

1996

Legislation

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Legislation

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Legislation

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

Signs the Minimum wage Increase Act

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Legislation

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Reform of Government

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

United States Signs CTBT

President of United States of America · President of USA · New York · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

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

Role range: 1993-2001

Accords of Dayton

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Accords of Dayton

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Conference of Dayton

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Dayton Peace Prize

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Independence of United States of America

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

President of USA

President of USA · Government / Democratic Party Government

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

UNSCOM

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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.

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

UNSCOM

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

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.

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

UNSCOM

President of USA · Dayton · Government / Democratic Party Government

supplies for its increasingly impoverished and malnourished population.

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Conference of Dayton

President of USA · Dayton · Religion / Islam

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

Role range: 1993-2000 – 1993-2000

Records, sources and methodology

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