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Mt Saint Helen's Eruption.
An earthquake followed by the eruption of Mt St Helen's kills 57 people in Washington. There was over $1 billion in damage and the eruption caused the land to be wasteland. -
Ronald Reagan was elected as the 40th American President.
The inauguration of Ronald Reagan (R) as the 40th president of the United States occurs in Washington, D.C. He brought back national pride back to the country after the hard times of the 60's and 70's. He also survived an assassin's bullet. -
The highest unemployment rate since 1940.
The highest unemployment rate since 1940 is recorded at 10.4%. By the end of November, over eleven million people would be unemployed. -
Reagan's second inauguration.
President Ronald Reagan wins reelection over Democratic challenger Walter F. Mondale, increasing his Electoral College victory since the 1980 election to a margin of 525 to 13. -
Hubble Space Telescope Launched
The Hubble Telescope is placed into orbit by the United States Space Shuttle Discovery. One month later, the telescope becomes operational. Launched during a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. The telescope allows us to see farter into space. -
Oklahoma City Bombing.
Anarchists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols explode a bomb outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 168 people were killed including 19 children under the age of 6. It was the worst tragedy on US soil before 9/11. -
President Clinton found not guilty.
President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the U.S. Senate in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The Senate trial, which began January 7 and needed a 2/3 majority to convict, ended with a 55-45 not guilty vote on the charge of perjury and 50-50 vote on the charge of obstruction of justice. -
U.S. and Britain launches air attacks in Afghanistan.
In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Later on May 2, 2011, mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is killed by US Special Forces during an early morning (approximately mid-afternoon on May 1 in the United States) raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
