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MAY 18, 1980
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens became the largest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history. By the end of its cycle of fire and fury, 57 people had died. -
JAN 20, 1981
The Iran hostage crisis negotiations were negotiations in 1980 and 1981 between the United States Government and the Iranian Government to end the Iranian hostage crisis. The 52 American hostages, seized from the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, were finally released on 20 January 1981. -
NOV 1, 1983
The Dodge Caravan and the Plymoth voager are released to the public as 1984 models. -
JUN 12, 1987
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987, calling for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. -
DEC 17, 1989
One of the most successful animated cartoons in US history. -
DEC 26, 1991
The Cold War offically ends when the USSR is dissolved. -
MAR 11, 1993
300 people are dead after one of the worst billzards in history hits the East Coast causing $6 billion in damages. -
NOV 15, 1995
Scandal that alleged that Bill Clinton had sexual contact with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. -
APR 20, 1999
Fourth deadliest school shooting in US history. 15 peoeple killed total including the shooters. -
SEP 11, 2001
Four airplanes were hijacked and two destroyed the twin towers in NYC, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth was crahed in a field in PA after the passenges on board took over the aircraft.