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Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman Supreme Court justice.
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Ronald Reagan wins the presidential election of 1984 taking every state with the exception of Minnesota, and becoming the 40th president of the United States.
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The first ever "Martin Luther King Day". This is the first time MLK day is observed as a federal holiday.
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The Berlin Wall, a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin, comes down allowing the borders to open.
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The Hubble Telescope is placed into orbit by the United States Space Shuttle Discovery.
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After nearly 50 years, the on going communism conflict between America and the Soviet Union ends. This is all thanks to the internal of collapse of the Soviet Union which no one was expecting.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) starts, which creates a free trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
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The bombing occurred during the 1996 summer olympics in Atlanta.
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The Senate trial, which began January 7 and needed a 2/3 majority to convict, ended with a 55-45 not guilty vote on the charge of perjury and 50-50 vote on the charge of obstruction of justice.
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A series of four planned terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorists against the United States on September 11. This happened at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.