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Apple II Computer Released
The Apple 2 computer was introduced in was the first successful mass produced microcomputer meant for home use. Rather clunky this 1984 version of the Apple to you was the smallest and flickers model yet introduced indeed it had revolutionized about the substance and design of personal computers. -
Ronald Reagan Elected as President
Reagan secured the presidency through appealing the growing conservatism of much of the country In problem, Reagan focused less on eliminating government redirecting serve new ends. In line with that goal, his administration embraced supply-side economic theories that had among the New Right. -
Farm Aid Benefit Concert
Prominent musicians including Neil Young and Willie Nelson organize farm Aid, a benefit concert at the university of Illinois football stadium desiring to raise money for struggling farmers. Farm for closure skyrocketed during Reagan’s tenure. Expanded a world production meant new competition for American farmers, while storing interest rates cause the already sizable debt held by family farms to mushroom. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
In 1986, Reagan also signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act. American policy makers hoped to do two things: deal with the milions of undocumented immigrants already in the United States while simultaneously choking off future unsanctioned migration. The former goal was achieved (nearly three million undocumented workers received legal status) but the latter proved elusive appointments. -
The Berlin Wall comes Crashing Down
In June 1987, American president Ronald Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and demanded that Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev "Tear down this wall" Less than three years later, amid civil unrest in November 1989, East German authorities announced that their citizens were to and from West Berlin. The the world. Within months, the Berlin Wall was reduced to rubble on October 3, 1990 -
World Trade Center, Pentagon & Pennsylvania Field Plane Crashes
Men trained by al-Qaeda carried out a coordinated terrorist attack on the United States that had been planned for years. The attackers simultaneously hijacked four large passenger aircraft with the intention of crashing them into major landmarks in the United States, inflicting as much death and destruction as possible. Source: A, Taylor. (Sept 8, 2011). 9/11 The Day of The Attacks.