1980 - 2001 By janetfernando Period: 1980 to 2002 1980 - 2001 Mar 17, 1980 Refugee Act May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption killing 57 Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan (40th President) Jan 20, 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis Ends Mar 30, 1981 Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan Apr 21, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched Jul 21, 1981 A hotel walkway collapses in Kansas City killing 114 Oct 23, 1983 241 U.S. Marines are killed by suicide bomb in Lebanon Oct 25, 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada begins Dec 15, 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada ends Dec 6, 1984 Ronald Reagan re-elected Aug 20, 1985 Iran–Contra affair begins Dec 12, 1985 Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger - kills 7 crew members May 19, 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act Oct 9, 1986 Fox Broadcasting Company Founded Oct 22, 1986 Tax Reform Act of 1986 Mar 4, 1987 Iran–Contra affair ends Oct 19, 1987 Black Monday - Stock market crash Dec 8, 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Jun 14, 1988 Yellowstone fires Jan 20, 1989 George Bush (41st President) Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill Sep 1, 1989 President Bush declares a "War on Drugs." Oct 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Apr 24, 1990 Hubble Space Telescope Aug 2, 1990 Gulf War Begins 1991 Cold War Ends Feb 28, 1991 Gulf War Ends Aug 6, 1991 World Wide Web Launched Aug 16, 1992 Hurricane Andrew Jan 20, 1993 Bill Clinton (42nd President) Feb 26, 1993 1993 World Trade Center bombing Jan 1, 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement Feb 28, 1994 Don't ask, don't tell Apr 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Jul 12, 1995 1995 Chicago heat wave Jun 25, 1996 Khobar Towers bombing Jul 17, 1996 TWA Flight 800 explodes killing 230 people Jul 27, 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing Nov 5, 1996 Bill Clinton Re-election May 2, 1999 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak Oct 31, 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 Jan 20, 2001 George Bush (23rd President) Jun 7, 2001 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 Jun 14, 2001 No Child Left Behind Act Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks Sep 18, 2001 2001 anthrax attacks Oct 7, 2001 War in Afghanistan is launched Oct 26, 2001 Patriot Act Nov 12, 2001 American Airlines Flight 587 crashes