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The space shuttle Challenger exploded during lift off, killing everyone on board including the school teacher Christa McAuliffe.
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On a visit to Europe, Ronald Reagan states that Gorbachev should tear down the Berlin Wall.
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Agreement between US and USSR; it limited ground intermidiate range nuclear weapons.
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George H.W. Bush wins 426-111 taking 40 states and becoming President of the United States.
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George H.W. Bush meet Mikhail Gorbechev to discuss the Cold War at the Malta Summit.
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The Cold War is officially over after the USSR is dissolved.
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The fourth deadliest school shooting in US history. There are 15 people killed total which includes the shooters.
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Four airplanes were hijacked and two destroyed the twin towers in NYC, the third one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane was crahed in a field in PA after passenges on board took over the aircraft.