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"The Hucklebuck" (sometimes written "The Huckle-Buck") is a jazz and R&B dance tune first popularized by Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers in 1949. The composition of the tune was credited to Andy Gibson , and lyrics were later added by Roy Alfred .
1994 — The United States hosts the FIFA World Cup, which is won by Brazil. 1995 — Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney fires Gen. Michael Dugan, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, for publicly discussing plans to bomb Iraq. In what will come to be regarded as a landmark event in regards to women in journalism, reporter Lisa Olson is sexually harassed by multiple New England Patriots players while trying ...
In 1949, Alfred wrote the words for "The Hucklebuck", a tune originally written as an instrumental credited to Andy Gibson, which was first recorded by Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers. The vocal version became a hit for Roy Milton , the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Frank Sinatra in 1949, and was later also successful for Chubby Checker (1960 ...
German reunification in 1990, with the democratic West absorbing the ex-Communist East. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, replaced by a friendly Russia and 14 other countries. Except for Tiananmen Square in China, all the events strongly favored the United States. Bush took the initiative in the invasion of Panama and the START treaties.
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
1990s in the United States by state or territory (62 C) 1990s disestablishments in the United States (65 C, 4 P) 1990s establishments in the United States (68 C, 12 P)
November 3 – The Senate convicts Judge Walter Nixon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and removes him from office. November 7 Douglas Wilder wins the Virginia governor's race, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.