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Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States. -
President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor an Arizona court of appeals judge, to be the first woman Supreme Court Justice in the U.S. history. https:www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oconnor-nominated-to-supreme-court -
Space shuttle Challenger explodes about 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
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George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States. -
Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in its relations and opened the border, making it free to cross. It was made official on October 3, 1990. https:www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
The U.S. and the Soviet Union sign START I treaty, agreeing to further reduce nuclear arms.
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This is the framework agreement proposed to eliminate restrictions on the flow of goods, services, and investment in North America. -
Four years after publishing a proposal for the idea of linked information systems scientist Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for the world's first web browser and editor. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain -
George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States after a close race to Al Gore. -
On September 11th 2001 two highjacked planes crashes into New York's Twin Towers. Injuring 25,000 and killing thousands.