Mamta Bansal
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History of 12 August
1992 - The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.1993 - U.S. President...
History of 11 August
1990 - Egyptian and Moroccan troops
joined U.S. forces in Saudia Arabia to help protect from a possible
Iraqi attack.1991 - The space shuttle Atlantis ended
its nine-day journey by landing...
History of 10 August
1993 - A massive deficit-reduction
bill was signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton.1994 - U.S. President
Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to
dismiss, at...
History of 9 August
1996 - Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as president
of Russia for the second time.1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired
Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and...
History of 7 August
1990 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard against a possible invasion by Iraq.
1999 - Tony Gwynn (San Diego...
History of 6 August
1990 - The U.N. Security Council ordered a worldwide trade embargo with Iraq. The embargo was to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait.1993 - The...
History of 5 August
1990 - U.S. President George H.W.
Bush angrily denounced the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.1991 - An investigation was formally launched by
Democratic congressional leaders to find out if...
History of 4 August
1990 - The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion of the...
History of 3 August
1990 - Thousands of Iraqi troops
pushed within a few miles of the border of Saudi Arabia. This heightened world
concerns that the invasion of Kuwait...
History of 2 August
1990 - Iraq invaded the oil-rich
country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by
exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.1995 -...
History of 1 August
1993 - Reggie Jackson was admitted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.1995 - Westinghouse Electric
Corporation announced a deal to buy CBS for...
History of 31 July
1991 - U.S. President George H.W.
Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty.1995 - The Walt Disney Company agreed to acquire
Capital Cities/ABC in...
