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1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic and fatal eruption on May 18, 1980, creating the world's greatest landslide. -
Ronald Reagan won election
The presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election in the United States. It took place on November 4th, 1980. In a landslide win, Republican contender Ronald Reagan trounced Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter. -
Reagan's Second Term
President Ronald Reagan defeats Democratic candidate Walter F. Mondale in reelection, expanding his Electoral College victory margin to 525 to 13 since the 1980 election. -
Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed
The United States Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to simplify the income tax code. The Act cut the maximum rate on ordinary income and raised the tax rate on long-term capital gains to promote fairness and offer an incentive for economic growth. -
George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41rd President
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. He was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman. -
End of the Cold War
Following World War II, the Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. -
Bill Clinton 42nd President
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the United States' 42nd president from 1993 to 2001. He was Arkansas' governor from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, as well as the state's attorney general from 1977 to 1979. -
Terrible Terrorist Attacks
Terrorists from the Islamic State hijack four American planes and fly them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. Two planes attack the World Trade Center, destroying it, while one plane crashes into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, killing more than 3,000 people. The scheme is ascribed to Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization.