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Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States. He won the election of 1976, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan. -
Defeating incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter in a landslide, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States of America. -
George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States. Bush defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts in the 1988 election. -
This oil spill was in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This is considered the worst oil spill worldwide. -
Iraq's president Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait because they wanted to take over Kuwait's oil fields and access to the Persian Gulf for transportation purposes. Since this invasion was illegal the United States fought against Iraq.
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In the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and other runners. Bill Clinton was in office until 2001, making him the 42nd president of the U.S. -
This was a school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. Two seniors murdered 12 students and one teacher. -
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Democratic nominee Al Gore, the incumbent vice president. George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the U.S. -
This is often referred to as 9/11. A series of 4 coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Two planes were hijacked and struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. A third plane was hijacked and flew into the Pentagon. The fourth plane was hijacked but never reached its destination because it crashed in an open field. Over 3,000 people died in the attack.