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Grain Embargo on USSR
President Jimmy Carter enacts a grain embargo on the USSR, which results in falling prices of grain and affects American farmers. -
Oil Embargo on Libya
The US places an oil embargo on Libya in response for Libyan support of terrorist groups. -
Space Shuttle Lands
Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its first trip after spending 6 days in space. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
73 seconds after launch, the Challenger disintegrates, killing all 7 aboard, including a civilian schoolteacher who had won a competition. -
George Bush Elected President
George Bush is elected President of the United States, easily defeating his opponent, Michael Dukakis. -
Hubble Telescope in orbit
Space Shuttle Discovery puts the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. -
Clinton Elected President
Bill Clinton is elected President, defeating incumbent President George Bush and Ross Perot. -
Kremlin Accords
US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stop the countries from aiming nuclear arms at each other and decommission nuclear arsenal in Ukraine. -
Nuclear Text Ban Treaty is signed
President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which is going to stop all testing of all civilian and military nuclear technology. -
Economic Sanctions on India
The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India in response to two nuclear tests they conduct at Pokhran. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
On September 11th, 2001, four hijacked passenger aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and one is forced down in a field in Pennsylvania. These terrorist attacks begins the War on Terror.