Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, governing from 1993 to 2001 as a central figure of the New Democrat movement and post-Cold War globalization. His administration presided over an era of prolonged economic growth, welfare reform, and international trade expansion, while actively engaging in foreign policy crises across the Balkans and managing complex domestic legislative and political transformations.
Timeline
Category
Element
Year
Bill Clinton
1946
Birth of Bill Clinton (Period: August 19, 1946, Location: Hope, Arkansas, United States)
Birth and Death of Father (Period: August 19, 1946, Location: Hope, Arkansas, United States)
1950
Adoption of Stepfather's Surname (Age: 3 years old, Period: 1950s, Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Hot Springs High School (Age: 3 years old, Period: 1950s–Early 1960s, Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States)
1963
Meeting with President John F. Kennedy (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1963, Location: Washington, D.C., White House, United States)
1964
Georgetown University (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1964, Location: Washington, D.C.)
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1964–1968, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1968
University of Oxford (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1968–1970, Location: Oxford, United Kingdom)
1970
Yale Law School (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1970–1973, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
Democratic Party Membership and Political Activities (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1970s–Present, Location: State of Arkansas and Nationwide, United States)
1973
University of Arkansas School of Law (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1973–1976, Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States)
1974
First Run for the U.S. House of Representatives (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Arkansas's 3rd Congressional District, United States)
1975
Marriage (Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Age: 29 years old, Period: October 11, 1975, Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States)
Marriage (Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Age: 29 years old, Period: October 11, 1975, Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States)
1980
Defeat in Arkansas Gubernatorial Election (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1980, Location: Arkansas)
Defeat and Political Comeback in Arkansas Gubernatorial Election (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1980–1982, Location: Arkansas, United States)
1990
Democratic Leadership Council (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1990–1991, Location: Nationwide, United States)
1991
Announcement of Presidential Candidacy (Age: 45 years old, Period: October 3, 1991, Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States)
1992
Bosnian War (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1992–1995, Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslavia)
Nomination as Democratic Presidential Candidate (Age: 45 years old, Period: July 1992, Location: New York, New York, United States)
Victory in 1992 Presidential Election (Age: 46 years old, Period: November 1992, Location: United States)
1993
Post-Gulf War Iraq Crisis (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1993–2001, Location: Iraq, Persian Gulf Region)
Inauguration as the 42nd President of the United States (Age: 46 years old, Period: January 20, 1993, Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States)
Renomination as Democratic Presidential Candidate (Age: 49 years old, Period: August 1996, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Re-election in 1996 Presidential Election (Age: 50 years old, Period: November 1996, Location: United States)
Re-election as President (Age: 50 years old, Period: November 5, 1996, Location: Throughout the United States)
1998
Kosovo War (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1998–1999, Location: Kosovo, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia)
Monica Lewinsky Scandal (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1998, Location: Washington, D.C., White House)
1998 United States Embassy Bombings (Age: 51 years old, Period: August 7, 1998, Location: Nairobi, Kenya; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Presidential Impeachment and Acquittal by the Senate (Age: 52 years old, Period: December 1998–February 1999, Location: Washington, D.C., United States Congress)
Iraq Crisis and Operation Desert Fox (Age: 52 years old, Period: December 1998, Location: Iraq)
2001
Election Support for Democratic Candidates (Age: 54 years old, Period: 2001–Present, Location: Throughout the United States)
Leaving the Presidency (Age: 54 years old, Period: January 20, 2001, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2004
Publication of Autobiography "My Life" (Age: 57 years old, Period: 2004, Location: United States)
Indian Ocean Tsunami (Age: 58 years old, Period: December 26, 2004, Location: Indian Ocean Coast, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Other Areas)
South Asian Tsunami (Age: 58 years old, Period: December 26, 2004, Location: Indian Ocean Coast, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Other Areas)
2005
Hurricane Katrina (Age: 58 years old, Period: August 2005, Location: Gulf Coast Regions, Including Louisiana and Mississippi, United States)
2010
Haiti earthquake (Age: 63 years old, Period: January 12, 2010, Location: Haiti, Areas around Port-au-Prince)
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