1980-2001

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  • NOVEMBER 8, 1980 US PRESIDENT REAGAN ELECTED

    REAGAN WINS BY A LANDSLIDE IN 1980

  • APRIL 24, 1980 FAILED RESCUE OF HOSTAGES IN IRAN

  • MAY 18, 1980 MOUNT ST HELEN'S ERUPTS

    AN EARTHQUAKE AND ERUPTION OF MT ST HELEN'S DOES DAMAGES OVER 1 BILLION DOLLARS AND KILLS 57 PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON

  • JULY 19, 1980 SUMMER OLYMPIC BOYCOTT

    THE US BOYCOTTS THE 1980 SUMMER OLYMPICS TO PROTEST INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN BY RUSSIA

  • DECEMBER 8, 1980 JOHN LENNON SHOT

    JOHN LENNON A MEMBER OF THE BEATLES IS SHOT OUTSIDE HIS NEW YORK APARTMENT BY MARK DAVID CHAPMAN

  • JANUARY 20, 1981 IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS

    THE IRANIANS RELEASE HOSTAGES THAT WERE KEPT FOR 444 DAYS AFTER THE US EMBASSY WAS TAKEN OVER BY ISLAMIC STUDENTS AND MILITANTS

  • AUGUST 1, 1981 MTV SIGNS ON FOR THE FIRST TIME

    MTV WAS THE FIRST 24 HOUR CABLE STATION DEDICATED TO MUSIC AND VIDEO.

  • SEPTEMBER 25, 1981 SANDRA DAY O'CONNER JOINS US SUPREME COURT

    SANDRA DAY O'CONNERIS THE FIRST FEMALE MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT.

  • OCTOBER 23, 1983 BEIRUT BARRACKS BOMBING

    THIS EVENT MARKED THE END OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN LEBANON

  • NOVEMBER 6, 1984 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

    REAGAN WINS the SECOND TERM TAKING ALL BUT ONE STATE MN.

  • JANUARY 28, 1986 CHALLENGER CRASH

    THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODES ON WORLDWIDE TELEVISION KILLING ALL ON BOARD INCLUDING SCHOOL TEACHER CHRISTA MCAULIFFE

  • OCTOBER 22, 1986 TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986 PASSES

    REFERRED TO AS REAGAN TAX CUTS

  • DECEMBER 8, 1987 INTERMEDIATE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY

    THE TREATY IS SIGNED BETWEEN US AND RUSSIA TO LIMIT GROUND INTERMEDIATE RANGE WEAPONS

  • JUNE 12, 1987 BERLIN WALL IS TAKEN DOWN

    THE BARRIER IS OPENED UP THAT DIVIDES WEST AND EAST BERLIN. IN A HISTORIC SPEECH, REAGAN SAYS"TEAR DOWN THIS WALL"

  • NOV 8, 1988 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

    MICHAEL DUKAKIS (D) RUNS AGAINST GEORGE HW BUSH. BUSH WINS BECOMING THE 51ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • DECEMBER 21, 1993 DON'T ASK DON'T TELL

    AN ACT THAT PROHIBITED HOMOSEXUALS FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVE IN ARMED FORCES.

  • NOVEMBER 15, 1995 BILL CLINTON HAD BEEN ELECTED

    AFTER GEORGE HW BUSH LOST TO BILL CLINTON A DEMOCRAT FROM ARKANSAS, CLINTON'S TERM WAS MARRED BY SEX SCANDALS SUCH AS THE MONICA LEWINSKI SCANDAL

  • APRIL 19, 1995 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

    THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE BY AMERICANS ON AMERICAN SOIL AT THE ALFRED P MURRAH BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. 168 PEOPLE DIED INCLUDING 19 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX. IT WAS THE WORST TRAGEDY ON US SOIL AT THAT TIME.

  • APRIL 20, 1999 COLUMBINE

    THE KILLINGS AT COLUMBINE BY A STUDENT WERE A SHOCK TO THE US ANS HAVE BEEN INCREASING SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL. 15 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES

  • SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 THE TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK ARE ATTACKED

    ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TWO COMMERCIAL JET PLANES HIT THE TWIN TOWERS AT 911 AM IN THE MORNING. TWO MORE HIJACKED JETS WERE HEADED FOR THE PENTAGON AND IT IS BELIEVED THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PENTAGONAND TWIN TOWERS WERE SUCCESSFULLY HIT BUT ONE PASSENGER JET CRASHED IN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT DAY OVER 3,000 PEOPLE DIED AND AT THE END, THE TWIN TOWERS COLLAPSED. IT WAS THE WORST TERRORISTIC ACT ON US SOIL TO DATE.