Major Events of Presidency:
- Human Genome Project begins
- Berlin Wall dismantled, Germany reunifies
- Eastern European States overthrow communist regimes
- Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing
- American forces overthrow Noriega in Panama
- South Africa begins to eliminate apartheid
- Bush agrees to tax increase
- Iraqi forces invade Kuwait
- Soviet Union dissolves after failed coup attempt
- Economy enters recession
- U.S. leads multinational force in Gulf War against Iraq
- Controversy surrounds confirmation of Clarence Thomas to Supreme Court
- Major race riot in Los Angeles