Year 1992 in American History
On January 12, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii, I was born into one of the most chaotic years in our history. My parents did not paint a pretty picture when I asked them about what transpired the year I was born. There was a lot going on in America in 1992; I was born during the peak of ruthless mobsters careers, violent riots in Los Angeles, natural disasters near my birth place and beyond, and political scandals. However, the year of 1992, was not just another bad mark in history. My dad said, "It was not just a year of great turmoil, but also great progress." There were three significant happenings in 1992 that I believe had a very predominant effect on American society and culture today. The three events that changed many things in this world are the trial and conviction of John Gotti, the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia, and the election of Bill Clinton as President.
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John "Teflon Don" GottiJohn Joseph Gotti Jr. was born to John Sr. and Philomena Gotti in 1940. He was the fifth of thirteen children in his very large family. John and his brothers grew up in Brooklyn, New York, with a very tainted childhood. They, quickly from an early age, became intertwined with child and adult street gangs, and often getting caught for petty crimes. In 1960, he met his future wife, Victoria, the mother of his children: Victoria, John, Frank, and Peter. Frank was accidentally killed when he was hit by a car, but the man who hit him, John Favara, was mysteriously kidnapped and never seen again after the accident was viewed as accidental by the authorities. After becoming married, John attempted for a while to live a normal suburban life for the sake of his loving wife, Victoria,