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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan sworn in as the 40th President of the United States. He served from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. -
President Reagan shot
President Regan is shot in the chest by John Hinckley, Jr in Washington, DC as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. -
US invades Grenada
The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Granada, 100 miles north of Venezuela. Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the US military, it resulted in military occupation within a few days. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
The Space Shuttle Challengers disaster was a fatal accident in the United States' space program, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds in to its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty , the first arms-control agreement to reduce the superpowers' nuclear weapons. -
George H W Bush
George H W Bush sworn in as the 41st President of the United States. He served from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993 -
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The Exxon Valdez oil slick covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales. -
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War, also called Gulf War, was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation’s large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region. -
Operation Desert Storm
President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. -
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) I
START I was a bilateral treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms. It was entered into force on December 5 , 1994 -
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States. He served from January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001. -
World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, when a truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the complex. -
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral bloc in North American. -
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. -
US and Vietnam establish Diplomatic Relations
After two decades of severed ties, President Bill Clinton announced that the United States and Vietnam had established normal diplomatic relations. -
Bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan
The United States first Tomahawk missiles at sites in Afghanistan and Sudan following terrorist attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. -
US and China sign agreement
China and the United States signed a pact that could lower barriers to reaching consumers in the world's most populous country and pave the way for China's entry to the World Trade Organization. -
George W Bush
George W Bush sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. He served from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009. -
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group Al-Queda against the United States. Two hijacked jetliners ram the twin towers of the World Trade Center; a third hijacked plane flies into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashes in rural Pennsylvania.