George H. W. Bush: Timeline

1988   U.S. presidential election, 1988: George Herbert Walker Bush George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America [i] . ... 

 is elected over Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American Democratic [i] politician, former Governor of Massachusetts [i] ... 

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1989   George Herbert Walker Bush George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America [i] . ... 

 succeeds Ronald Wilson Reagan Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President [i] of the United States [i] ... 

 as the 41st President of the United States of America.

1989   Gun control: U.S. President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of certain guns deemed assault weapons into the United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

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1989   U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline [i] tropane [i] alkaloid [i] that is obtained from the leaves of the coca [i] p ... 

 purchased across the street at Lafayette Park in his first televised speech to the nation.

1989   Cold War Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i] ... 

: In a meeting off the coast of Malta Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation [i] consis ... 

, US President George Bush George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America [i] . ... 

 and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov was leader of the Soviet Union [i] from 1985 until 1991. ... 

 release statements indicating that the Cold War Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i] ... 

 between their nations may be coming to an end.

1990   U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an extremely popular African-American [i] athlete [i] and ... 

 the Congressional Gold Medal.

1990   U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

 leader Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov was leader of the Soviet Union [i] from 1985 until 1991. ... 

 sign a treaty Treaty

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 to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.

1990   Gulf War Gulf War

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: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi Iraq

The Republic of Iraq, is a Middle East [i]ern country [i] in southwestern Asia [i] encomp ... 

 soldiers from Kuwait Kuwait

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1992   George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state [i] of the United States [i]. ... 

 to address the Australian Parliament.

1992   George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Prime Minister of Japan

The Prime Minister of Japan is the usual English-language term used for the head of government [i] of Japan [i] ... 

 Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting.

1992   Bill Clinton Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States [i], serving from 1993 to ... 

 defeats incumbent U.S. President George H. W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot in the U.S. presidential election.

1993   The Kuwait Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy [i] on the coast of the Persian Gulf [i], enclos ... 

i government claims to uncover an Iraq Iraq

The Republic of Iraq, is a Middle East [i]ern country [i] in southwestern Asia [i] encomp ... 

i assassination plot against former U.S. President George H. W. Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals, caught with smuggled hashish and alcohol inside Kuwait, confess to driving a car-bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the Iraq Secret Service.

1993   In Moscow Moscow

Moscow is the capital [i] of Russia [i] and the country's principal political, economic, financial, edu ... 

, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of Russia [i] from 1991 to 1999. ... 

 sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

1993   Bill Clinton Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States [i], serving from 1993 to ... 

 succeeds George H. W. Bush as the 42nd President of the United States of America.

1993   U.S. President Bill Clinton Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States [i], serving from 1993 to ... 

 orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi Iraq

The Republic of Iraq, is a Middle East [i]ern country [i] in southwestern Asia [i] encomp ... 

 intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur Al-Mansur

Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur was the second Abbasid [i] Caliph [i]. ... 

 District of Baghdad Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital [i] of Iraq [i] and of Baghdad Governorate [i]. ... 

, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy [i] on the coast of the Persian Gulf [i], enclos ... 

 in mid-April.