1980-2001

By NamanyaJSmith

  • Ronald Reagan is elected

    Reagan becomes the 40th U.S. President, defeating Jimmy Carter in the election.

  • Sandra Day O'Connor sworn into Supreme Court

    Becomes the first female justice, nominated by Ronald Reagan and voted in by the Senate unanimously.

  • Iran-Contra Affair

    A political scandal during Reagan's second term as president, and organized by Robert McFarlane and Oliver North, where secret weapons transactions took place targeting Nicaragua.

  • George H. W. Bush is elected

    Bush becomes the 41st president of the United States, after serving as Vice President under Ronald Reagan.

  • Berlin Wall comes down

    Symbolically one of the marks for the end of the Cold War, the event signaled the Soviet Union's loss of support when people tore down the wall.

  • Bush declares the end of Cold War

    President Bush, along with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declare the official end to the Cold War

  • William Clinton is elected

    Bill Clinton becomes the 41st president of America, serving two terms despite being impeached by the House of Representatives.

  • 9/11

    Four organized terrorist attacks, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring 25,000. The attacks were planned by the terrorist group al-Qaeda.