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John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
February 1 – President Bush announces the transmitting of the Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 to Congress during a morning appearance in the Roosevelt Room. . President Bush says the legislation is "an important initiative" that he had outlined during the most recent State of the Union address and has the three central components of a "family savings account, capital gains tax rate ...
Hubble Space Telescope 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. 1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet service.
George H. W. Bush's tenure as the 41st president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1989, and ended on January 20, 1993. Bush, a Republican from Texas and the incumbent vice president for two terms under President Ronald Reagan, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election.
[230] During his presidency, Bush honored numerous volunteers with the Daily Point of Light Award, a tradition that his presidential successors continued. [231] In 1990, the Points of Light Foundation was created as a nonprofit organization in Washington to promote this spirit of volunteerism. [232]
The amendment contained a grandfather clause that explicitly exempted the incumbent president, then Harry S. Truman, from the new term limitation. Two U.S. presidents, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump, were voted out of office after one term, only to later be elected to a second non-consecutive term.
While the president's popularity improved in his final two years, he never again enjoyed the level of support he had had in 1985. Democrats regained control of Congress in the 1986 midterm elections. Oliver North, meanwhile, achieved a brief celebrity status in 1987 during his testimonies before Congress.
President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis. After six years of renovations, Ellis Island reopens as an immigration museum. Pete Sampras, age 19, wins the 1990 US Open, becoming the youngest person to ever win the event.