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Ronald Reagan Presidency
The "Great Communicator" accomplished a lot of things such as created Reaganomics, tax cuts, helped in the development of the technology, built up a strong military, and took a hard stance on the Cold War and the fight against communism. -
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Changed the tax benefits of securities and financial transactions, and eliminated many forms of tax shelters. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On this day, Martin Luther King Day was announced to be a federal holiday in honor MLK. -
The Challenger Disaster
This space shuttle was set to launch with the mission to land the tracking and data relay satellite on the moon and 73 seconds after liftoff, the space shuttles fuel tank collapsed and broke apart and ended up killing all 7 crew members. -
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George H.W. Bush Presidency
H.W. Bush was able to navigate the last few years of the Cold War, played a key ole in the unification of Germany, and ended the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the latter conflict with the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War. -
San Francisco Earthquake
This world renowned 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed 67 people and caused $5 billion is damages. -
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The Invasion of Panama
The reasoning of this invasion was the U.S. wasted to depose the acting leader for Panama, general, and dictator Manuel Noriega. -
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Gulf War
This war sparked when Iraq invaded Kuwait to gain more control the oil supply in order to help make weapons. After the U.S. and Great Britain (the two primary countries) heard of this, they invaded Iraq that was lead by Saddam Hussein who, with this control of Kuwait, had developed a way of making chemical weapons of mass destruction. -
The End of the Cold War
On this day, the Cold War officially ended when the U.S.S.R. officially dissolved. -
USSR Dissolved
On this day, the USSR had dissolved meaning the Cold War had finally ended. -
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L.A. Riots
These riots started when four policemen acquitted of beating Rodney King Killing sparking these riots in protest of police brutality. -
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Bill Clinton Presidency
Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history, signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, but failed to in his efforts to plan for national health care reform. -
World Trade Center Bombing
On this day, a bomb went off in the parking garage at the World Trade Center in New York City. This was an act of terrorism as it was it was admitted by Ramzi Ahmed Yousef. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
This bombing killed 168 people when an anti-government militant set off a truck filled with explosives at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. -
The Attack on the Twin Towers
On this day, Osama Bin Laden and members of the al-Qaeda took control of three plans and two of the three hit the towers as the other was stopped by a group of civilians on the plane that was headed to the Pentagon. Everyone on the planes and most in the towers died on that day including members of al-Qaeda. This was a very destructive and disturbing terrorist attack on our nation that would be remembered forever.