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L.A. Riots of 1992

Posted on June 8, 2010 by wrosas

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Los Angeles riots were sparked on April 29, 1992, when a jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police officers accused in the videotaped beating of African American motorist Rodney King following a high-speed pursuit. Thousands of people in the Los Angeles area rioted over the six days following the verdict. At that time, similar, smaller riots and anti-police actions took place in other locations in the United States and Canada. Widespread assault, arson, looting, and murder occurred, and property damages topped roughly $1 billion. In all, 53 people died during the riots and thousands more were injured. 

These riots show the significance of law enforcement and how discrimination can lead to more than just injustice but death. These people had seriously lost their minds as you can see this clip shows human beings behaving as animals.

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Bill Clinton Signs NAFTA (1993)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Yukari

Bill Clinton signed into the North America Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico on December 8, 1993. It is hard to evaluate the pros and cons of NAFTA. What’s interesting about this agreement for me is that countries which have different cultures and sizes of economic achieved an economic integration.

This video is provided by Miller Center Public Affairs, University of Virginia and can be found on You Tube.

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The Beijing Declaration on Women (1995)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Guvani

The principle themes of this video were the advancement and empowerment of women in relation to women’s human rights, women and poverty, women and decision making, voilence against women and other areas of concerns. This file is  important to U.S history because is shows that USA played an important role in the establishment of women rights worldwide.

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Hilary Clinton Elected Senator

Posted on June 8, 2010 by schen2

This video is from youtube.com. It  shows the First Lady of the United States, Hilary Cliton becomes a  Senator in 2000 .  This  represents a historical moment because  it was first time that a First Lady of the Untied States was elected to become a US Senator.

watch?v=O111VGpFtr4

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NASA spacecraft lands on Mars (1997)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Bogdan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuGFx7m5XNc

I found this video on www.youtube.com. It was an original BBC news cast. NASA sent this spacecraft to Mars in order to search for life (water). The mission carried a series of scientific devices to analyze the Martian atmosphere, climate, and the composition of its rocks and soil. One of the scientific purposes of the mission was to examine whether Mars could once have supported microbial life forms. The mission was successful and an amazing discovery. Knowing that other planets besides Earth can sustain life is very encouraging for our future.

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Clinton Scandal and Impeachment

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Fernando

This is a clip of former president Bill Clinton and some of the reasons which led to his impeachment. This is important because he will go down in history as being the second president to get impeached although he was acquitted from full impeachment by the Senate.

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The World Wide Web

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Barry

This is a video of Sir Tim Berners-Lee at a conference in the Hilton at Kuala Lumpur, discussing the advent and instant popularity of the World Wide Web.  It appears this video was taken in 2007, but it refers back to Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s inventing of the WWW in 1989.

I don’t believe it is necessary to explain why the World Wide Web is important to the world as we know it.  The WWW made information universally accessible, allowed information sharing, and created an eventual expansion of communication.

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L.A.Riots of 1992

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Monique

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I feel that this represents an important part of history. It is important because for the first time an incident based on rasicm and the abuse of authority was made available to the public and it showed how the LAPD poorly handled the situation by brutally beating a man. The file is showing the aftermath of a riot that began after police officers were acquitted in the caught on camera beating Rodney King. Rodney King is also shown speaking about peace and unity. Footage of the riot is shown along with the arrival of the national guards. This video includes a CNN report and live footage. Greg LaMotte is reporting on CNN live from L.A. May 01,1992.  The video was posted on YouTube by Daniel J B Mitchell on September 29th, 2007. He is listed as being a 67 year old professor who joined YouTube in 2006

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The Summer Olympics Games 1996

Posted on June 8, 2010 by ba104611

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VlSwcMFdtY

 The Summer Olympics Games are opened in Atlanta, Geogia by U.S. President Bill Clinton.  The games are positively known for the achievements of American track and field athlete Michael Johnson, who won both the 200 and 400 meter races, setting a new World Record in the 200, and for the victory of the American women’s gymnastics team. The Power of Dream, performed by Celine Dion, at Atlanta GA in Summer Olympics Games, 1996

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Tianamen Square Protest 1989

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Esmeralda

I found this video on youtube.com, it was submitted by taozhuo. This was a BBC new cast on what was happening at the time. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, June 4th Incident, leaving (according to Chinese authorities) between 400 and 800 civilians dead, and between 7,000 and 10,000 injured. An initial report from local hospitals put the number at around 2,000 dead.

The senseless killing of about 2,000 people happened that day and all they wanted to do was mourn the death of Hu Yaobang a pro-democracy and anti-corruption official. This lasted about 15 days and what is remarkable, that with all the footage taken, there is nothing to show the violence at the square itself, everything that is on print or on video where taken in surrounding streets of Tiananmen square.

To be honest this did not affect me simply because I was kid and enjoying life, but reading about it now it amazes me how evil and ill will people, government and so on truly are.

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