1980

1980-2001

By emilypate

  • Mt. St. Helens Erupts

    Most significant eruption to occur in the contiguous 48 states since the 1915 eruption in California

  • Ronald Reagan

    Sworn in as President

  • Sally Ride

    First woman in space

  • First Martin Luther King Day

    Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983 and it was celebrated 3 years later

  • George Bush

    Sworn in as President

  • Berlin Wall Crumbles

    Heralded the reunification of East and West Berlin

  • 27th Amendment

    It concerns changes in the rate of pay for members of Congress

  • Bill Clinton

    Sworn in as President

  • World Trade Center is Bombed

    A truck bombed the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

  • George W. Bush

    Sworn in as President

  • Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon

    Four terrorist attacks by an Islamic terrorist group