General Information:
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- George H. W. Bush was the fortieth-first President of the nation with Dan Quayle as his Vice President for his only term.
- Term as President lasted from 1989 to 1993.
- Bush had previously served as the 43rd Vice President, a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- The Exxon Valdez oil spill takes place, spilling 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil into the ocean.
- The massacre at Tienanmen Square takes place.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall.
- The invasion of Panama.
- The establishment of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- The presidential signing of the American with Disabilities Act.
- The presidential signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
- The beginning of the Persian Gulf War.