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Takes office as the 40th president of the United States.
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Introduced by Reagan, included a large tax cut for all Americans.
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Michael Jackson released the best-selling album of all time.
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A space-based system that could shoot down incoming Soviet missiles.
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Oprah Winfrey started her famous show.
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A compromise between Democrats and Republicans on the corporate and marginal income tax rates.
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An organization abortion clinics and pro-choice politicians with confrontational - and sometimes violent - tactics.
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Was elected president in the election of 1988.
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Resigned office declaring that the Soviet Union no longer existed.
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Won by Bill Clinton when everyone thought that Bush would be unbeatable.
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Won again by Bill Clinton becoming the first Democrat to win back to back since Franklin Roosevelt.
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This act decreased welfare benefits, restricted eligibility, and turned over many responsibilities to the states.
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This election was extremely close, but ended up being won by George W. Bush.
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Began the longest war in American history and comprised of air and missile strikes to targets across Afghanistan.
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A massive terrorist attack occurred in which airline flights were taken over and crashed into the World Trade Center and other locations.
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Location of the first American bombs in the War on Terror
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Leader of a dangerous regime in Iraq found and captured on this date by Americans.
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Won again by George W. Bush right in the middle of the War on Terror.
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Won by Barrack Obama, the first African American elected president.
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Supreme Court ruled that no limits could be placed on political spending by corporations, unions, and nonprofits.
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Taliban leader killed by a raid from the Navy Seals.
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Won again by Barrack Obama defeating Republican Mitt Romney.