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James Earl Carter - President
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Ronald Reagan - President
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Invention of the Compact Disk (CD)
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George Bush - President
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Berlin Wall Destruction
The Berlin Wall was built after World War II to act as a divide between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. The wall was torn down by an excited group of those in east Germany whenever the German Communist Party said the citizens could cross the border whenever. -
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was a campaign against Iraq. The war was spurred after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The United States led the coalition, who drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. -
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William J. Clinton - President
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Waco Seige
The FBI laid siege to a religious compound in Waco, Texas for 51 days in the early nineties. The leader of the religious cult was David Koresh. The ATF suspected the group of hoarding illegal weapons and obtained a warrant to search the facility. The warrant led to the 51-day siege and the death of 76 "Branch Davidians". -
9/11 Terrorist Attack
On September 11, 2001, the largest Terror attack on US soil took place. The attack was carried out by 19 members of al-Qaeda, and orchestrated by Osama Bin Laden. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center building in New York City, one plane was flown into the Pentagon, and another plane crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers overtook the plane from the terrorists.