1980-2001

By craigwallace

  • 1980 Census Finds That California Is The First State With More Than 20 Million People

  • Mt. St. Helens Erupted

  • Ronald Reagan Elected

  • Ronald Reagan Survived Assassination Attempt

  • IBM Personal Computer Introduced

  • Sandra Day O'Connor Becomes The First Woman Supreme Court Justice

  • Highest Unemployment Rate Since 1940 At 10.4%

  • Initial Proposal For The Strategic Defense Initiative Program

  • Sally Ride Becomes First Woman In Space

  • Ronald Reagan Re-Elected

  • Ronald Reagan And Mikhail Gorbachev Meet In Switzerland

  • First Windows Operating System

  • Martin Luther King Day Is First Observed

  • Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion

  • First News Of the Iran-Contra Affair

  • US and Russia Sign Agreement To Disarm Mid-Range Missiles

  • George H. W. Bush Elected

  • Berlin Wall Crumbles

  • Hubble Telescope Placed Into Orbit

  • Treaty Signed To Eliminate Chemical Weapons From Russia And US

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    Gulf War

  • 27th Amendment Signed

    Congress can not raise their wage

  • Bill Clinton Elected

  • World Trade Center Is Bombed

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    Waco Siege

    ATF tried to arrest the leader of a cult

  • First Pentium Chips Shipped

  • Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Signed

  • NAFTA Goes Into Effect

  • O.J Simpson Arrested

  • Assault Weapons Ban

  • Oklahoma City Bombing

  • Bill Clinton Re-Elected

  • Monica Lewinsky Scandal Begins

  • John Glenn Becomes Oldest Person In Space

  • Euro Is Introduced

  • Deadly Tornados In Oklahoma

    Highest Wind Speed Recorded (318 mph)

  • George W. Bush Elected

  • Tiger Woods Won All 4 Major Tournoments

  • Terrorist Attacks On The World Trade Center And Pentagon

  • Anthrax Mail

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