1993   Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat agree to a peace deal in which Israel agrees to withdraw troops from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the PLO agrees to acknowledge Israel's right to exist. The two men publicly shake for the first time before cheering crowds on the White House lawn.

1994   Deranged gunman Francisco Martin Duran fires 29 shots at the White House. Duran is later convicted of attempting to assassinate Bill Clinton.

1998   A White House tourist sprays paint onto a marble bust of Giuseppe Ceracchi.

1998   Bill Clinton appears on national television and denies the accusation that he engaged in "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.