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| 1 | 1990 | - 1990: Appleton History
1990 Valley Transit\'s transfer center opened in downtown Appleton on March 1.
- 1990: USA History
Forty - First President of the US is George Herbert Walker Bush 1989-1993
- 1990: Kaukauna History
Fox Valley Greyhound Park opens on north side of town.
- 1990: Kaukauna History
Ronald L. Van De Hey elected Mayor of Kaukauna [Elected Outagamie County Executive in 1991. Neal Steinberg completed the term]
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| 2 | 1991 | - 1991: Appleton History
1991 In August, two new elementary schools opened in Appleton, Edna Ferber and Janet Berry Schools.
- 1991: Gulf War
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| 3 | 1992 | - 1992: Appleton History
1992 On April 15, Appleton began enforcing a nightly curfew for those under the age of 18.
- 1992: Appleton History
1992 The Fox Cities Children\'s Museum opened in the Avenue Mall on November 2.
- 1992: Appleton History
1992 The Viking Theater in Appleton closed on March 22.
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| 4 | 1993 | - 1993: Appleton History
1993 On September 24, the Tri County Expressway or 441 Bypass, opened to the public.
- 1993: USA History
Forty - Second President of the US is William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2001
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| 5 | 1994 | - 1994: Appleton History
1994 On May 16, the Fox Valley Veterans Clinic opened.
- 1994: Appleton History
1994 On September 16, a grand opening was held for Appleton City Hall at its new location in the City Center Building, 100 N. Appleton St.
- 1994: Kaukauna History
Neal Steinberg elected Mayor of Kaukauna
- 1994: Kaukauna History
John J. Lambie elected Mayor of Kaukauna.
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| 6 | 1995 | - 1995: Appleton History
1995 Appleton Public Library became the first library in the state of Wisconsin to have its own Home Page on the World Wide Web.
- 1995: Appleton History
1995 Appleton\'s North High School opened on August 27.
- 1995: Appleton History
1995 On April 20, Fox Cities Stadium, the new home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers minor league baseball team, had its grand opening.
- 1995: Kaukauna History
First phase of Highway 55 reconstruction completed.
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| 7 | 1996 | - 1996: Appleton History
1996 Lawrence University celebrated its 150th anniversary.
- 1996: Appleton History
1996 On August 2, the Ring Dance sculpture by Dallas Anderson was unveiled at Appleton\'s City Park.
- 1996: Appleton History
1996 The former City Hall at 200 N. Appleton St. was razed on October 16.
- 1996: Appleton History
1996 Tim Hanna was named Mayor of Appleton after a recount of votes from the March 16 election and a series of court decisions.
- 1996: Kaukauna History
Badger Northland and Kaukauna Community Hospital close
- 1996: Kaukauna History
Recreation trails open.
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| 8 | 1997 | - 1997: Appleton History
1997 On December 13, Appleton\'s new Emergency Shelter on Division St. was opened.
- 1997: Appleton History
1997 The Appleton Public Library celebrated 100 years of service.
- 1997: Kaukauna History
Groundbreaking for new High School.
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| 9 | 1998 | - 1998: Appleton History
1998 Vice President Al Gore visited Appleton Central High School on September 22.
- 1998: Kaukauna History
John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
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| 10 | 2000 | - 2000: Appleton History
2000 On August 25, Fox Valley Lutheran High School relocated to its new campus on North Meade Street.
- 2000: Kaukauna History
John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
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| 11 | 2001 | - 2001: Appleton History
2001 On June 27, the Aid Association for Lutherans, announced its merger with Lutheran Brotherhood. Renamed Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, established its headquarters in Minneapolis while retaining operations in Appleton.
- 2001: USA History
Forty - Third President of the US is George Walker Bush
- 2001: USA History
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
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| 12 | 2002 | - 2002: Appleton History
2002 In August, the downtown Avenue Mall was renamed City Center Plaza.
- 2002: Appleton History
2002 The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center opened in downtown Appleton on November 24.
- 2002: Kaukauna History
John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
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| 13 | 2003 | - 2003: Kaukauna History
John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
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| 14 | 2004 | - 2004: Appleton History
2004 In September, work began to clean sediments contaminated with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) from the Fox River.
- 2004: Appleton History
2004 On September 16, the federal government turned over ownership of the Fox River locks to the state of Wisconsin. A fundraising plan to restore and operate the locks was launched.
- 2004: Appleton History
2004 President George W. Bush visited Appleton twice. On March 30, he spoke to representatives of local business at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. On July 14, he passed through the city on a re-election campaign bus tour.
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| 15 | 2005 | - 2005: Appleton History
2005 On Feb. 26, the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, opened in the former Atlas Mill, along the banks of the Fox River. The 1878 Atlas Mill was donated to the Hall of Fame by the Kimberly Clark Corporation in 1999.
- 2005: Appleton History
2005 On July 1, a workplace smoking ban took effect in the city of Appleton. The ban, approved by voters in an April referendum, made Appleton the second city in Wisconsin (after Madison) to prohibit smoking in taverns.
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| 16 | 2006 | - 2006: Appleton History
2006 In April, work began on the two million dollar restoration of the four Appleton locks on the Fox River. This was the first of three phases planned to restore the 14 locks that had been closed since the mid-1980s.
- 2006: Kaukauna History
Eugene J. Rosin elected Mayor of Kaukauna
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| 17 | 2009 | - 20 Jan 2009: USA History
Barack Obama sworn in as the Forty-Fourth President of the United States. The first person of color to ever hold the office of President.
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