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When Iraq invaded Iran, America gave military intelligence to Saddam Hussein. -
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was elected for the presidency, and he remained in office until 1989. -
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr., but Reagan survived the assassination attempt. -
In 1981-1982, the United States faced a bad recession. -
In 1981, Ronald Reagan allowed the CIA to deliver weapons to the Mujahideen, to fight the Soviets trying to take over their nation. -
From 1981-1986, under Ronald Reagan, America saw gas drop from $1.38 to 95¢.
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From 1981-1990, the U.S. gave over $4 billion to El Salvador to defeat the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, but El Salvador forces used American weapons to commit terrible things, and they even slaughtered almost one thousand people in El Mozote.
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In 1982, the expiration date of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) came, and the bill was not ratified, therefore, pushing it out of Congress. -
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In 1983, Ronald Reagan proposed a space program that would, in essence, shoot Russian missiles out of the sky that were heading towards America. -
In 1983, two black men, Wilson Goode and Harold Washington, became the first African American mayors.
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In 1983, Communists tried to take over Grenada, but Ronald Reagan sent Marines to stop them, and they eventually ended the new regime. This operation was called Operation Urgent Fury. -
On October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber murdered 241 Marines, in Beirut. -
When Russia placed SS-20 missiles in Eastern Europe, Ronald Reagan countered by placing Pershing II missiles in Western Europe. -
In 1984 and 1988, Jesse Jackson ran for president, becoming the first African American to run for president, although he did not win. -
In December of 1984, a white man who was 37 years old, named Bernhard Goetz, shot and wounded four black teenagers because he thought they were going to attack him ad rob him with the screwdrivers that they held. -
In 1985, Willie Nelson and Neil Young presented a concert at the University of Illinois in order to raise money for farmers who were struggling financially. -
In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the presidency of the USSR, after Konstantin Chernenko died. -
In 1985, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva, Switzerland, and in 1986, they met again in Reykjavik, Iceland, but they failed both times to effectively produce concrete agreements. -
In 1986, Oliver North and Robert MacFarlane sold missiles to Iran, and they gave some of the money to the corrupt Nicaraguan government. -
In 1987, Ronald Reagan stated, “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace . . . tear down this wall!” -
On October 19, 1987, the stock market crashed dramatically, making investors lose more that $500 billion.
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In 1989, George H.W. Bush became the president, and he remained in office until 1993. -
Francis Fukuyama stated that, “What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such,” in his essay, after the Cold War ended. -
In 1990, Iraqi invaded Kuwait, an oil-rich nation.
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In 1991, Russia finally collapsed under Mikhail Gorbachev, ending the corrupt Soviet state, and beginning a Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Finally, after about 45 years, the Cold War finally ended.
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In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev declared that he was resigning and said that there was no longer any USSR. -
On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev announced that he was resigning from office, and he also declared that the USSR was no more. -
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In 1993, Bill Clinton became president, and he remained in office until 2001. -
In 1993, Osama Bin Laden, bombed the World Trade Center. -
In 1996, Afghanistan was taken over by the Taliban.
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In 1998, Bill Clinton thought that Iraq was creating chemical weapons, so he launched 415 cruise missiles and 600 bombs on only 97 targets.
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George W. Bush became president in 2001, and remained in office until 2009. -
America attacked Afghanistan in 2001, taking back the country from the Taliban. -
On September 1, 2001, Al Qaida attacked America, hijacking four airliners, and flying into the World Trade Center's Two Towers, and also the Pentagon. -