March 18, 1992: White South Africans vote in favor of political reforms which will end apartheid and create a power-sharing multi-racial government.

April 29, 1992: L.A. race riots in the wake of the acquittal of four white policemen videotaped beating Rodney King.

June 29, 1992: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Roe v. Wade in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

September 12, 1992: Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African- American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

November 3, 1992: Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd U.S. president.

February 28, 1993: ATF agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.

March 11, 1993: Janet Reno is confirmed by the U.S. Senate becoming the first female U.S. Attorney General.

July 12, 1993: In Boston: Thomas Menino becomes mayor.

April 27, 1994: Nelson Mandela wins South Africa’s first fully multiracial elections.

1994: In Boston: End of rent control; Urban College of Boston established; Alternatives for Community and Environment, an environmental justice community organization, is based in Dudley Square.

March 16, 1995: Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment, approving the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865.