9.1: A significant scientific accomplishment in the 1990s was the Human Genome Project. Basically, it was a scientific research project that determined the patterns of base pairs (which make up strands of DNA) in humans. James Watson, of the National Institutes of Health was the head of the project.

9.2: Dr. Jack Kevorkian was a painter and jazz musician that assisted people in medically consented suicides. He lethally injected humans after being given their permission. Although the subject makes me a little uncomfortable and woozy, I do not think that he should have been put into jail for second-degree murder. He provided assistance to those who could not pull the plug themselves and who were terminally ill, although it wasn’t actually legally permitted to handle their suicides.

9.3: Another significant incident in the 1990s was the Nancy Kerrigan attack. She was a figure skater, and had attended the Olympics in 1994. After she had left the rink during a solo practice, her Olympic rival, Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired a man to hit her in the knee so she couldn’t compete the next day. Tonya was sentenced to a few years of probation, a huge fine, and 500 hours of community service. Now, she is a boxer. Nancy Kerrigan is retired and appeared in the movie Blades of Glory.

9.4: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were Major League baseball players who tried to overrun Roger Maris’ standing record of 61 homeruns. The two men both got more home runs than Roger Maris’ record, but it was controversial because they were allegedly taking steroids.

9.5: The Centennial Olympic Park was bombed in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 summer Olympics. The bomber was Eric Robert Randolph, who was formerly in the Air Force. He believed in extreme Christian white supremacy, and planted an enormous pipe bomb in the Centennial Olympic Park. Richard Jewell was a security guard that helped many people to safety, but became a suspect because Eric Robert Randolph couldn’t be found. Two people were killed in the bombings, and at least 111 were injured.

9.6: Timothy McVeigh carried out The Oklahoma City bombing. He believed that government was a problem. He was a former soldier and security guard for the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City. He thought it as retaliation for Waco Siege and Ruby Ridge and other government raids. 158 people were killed during the bombings, and 456 were injured.

9.7: The Unabomber was Theodore Kaczynski, who had bombed universities and airlines. His motivation for bombing the universities was the land surrounding his home was destroyed, and he wanted revenge. The man killed three people and injured 23 in these bombings. Kaczynski was captured from his Montana cabin in an unkempt state.