1980-2001

By turnerxjoe

  • Reagan Becomes President

    Ronald Reagan beats President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory

  • Attempted Assassination of Reagan

    President Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt while walking to his limousine in Washington, D.C.

  • Strategic Defense Initiative Program

    Bold idea by Reagan to build devices that would intercept and protect America from nuclear missiles.

  • Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes

    The Challenger Space Shuttle explodes after liftoff at Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing seven people

  • Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope is placed in the atmosphere for viewing space light-years away.

  • World Trade Center is attacked

    The World Trade Center is bombed by Islamic terrorists when a van parked below the North Tower of the structure explodes

  • Waco Standoff

    David Koresh and the Branch Divinians are sieged by ATF and FBI for 51 days before the compound is suddenly lit on fire

  • 9/11

    The Twin Towers in New York City are destroyed by terrorists.