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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