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Sandra Day O'Connor became the firsts woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was also the first woman ever to be nominated for the position.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after taking off. All 7 crew members were killed.
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US President Ronald Reagan famously called for the Soviet President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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An oil tanker name Exxon Valdez struck land which caused a massive leak of 10.8 million gallons of oil in Prince Williams Sound, Alaska.
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The Berlin Wall began being demolished. It would not be completely gone until 1994.
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America led a coalition of 35 nations in an attack on Iraq for their invasion of Kuwait.
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Bill Clinton became the 2nd President in US History to be impeached.
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Terrorist members of al-Queda highjacked 4 planes and killed almost 3000 American's when they aimed 2 at the World Trade Center towers and 1 at the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in a field in PA.