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Cold War
The war continues and eventually ends with the U.S. winning. -
Miracle on Ice
The U.S hockey team creates an amazing underdog story, beating the Soviets at their best game. They would go on to win the gold. -
Reagan wins the election
Ronald Reagan wins the presidency, taking it from Jimmy Carter. Reagan is regarded as one of the best presidents ever. -
Reagan Survives Assassination
Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt. He is the first president elected in a year divisible by twenty to not die in office. -
First Female in Space
Sally Ride becomes the first woman to reach space. -
Reagan Keeps His Potition
Reagan once again wins the presidency, He wins 520 votes to a measly 13 -
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States. -
Nuclear Disarmament
The United States and the Soviet Union sign an agreement, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, to dismantle all 1,752 U.S. and 859 Soviet missiles in the 300-3,400 mile range. -
George H. W. Bush
Reagan's former Vice President wins the presidential election. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall is torn down. The citizens of Berlin dismantle the wall as they are allowed to travel freely between the East and West sides for the first time in 38 years. -
End of the Cold War
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party gives up its monopoly of power, continuing the trend, since the beginning of the Berlin Wall coming down, that the Cold War was about to end. The ending of the Cold War was completed, in many ways, by the strong policies of U.S. President Ronald Reagan toward the Soviet block. Six days later, a plan to reunite Germany was announced. -
Clinton wins His First Term
Bill Clinton is elected, beating incumbent George H. W. Bush, and third-party candidate Ross Perot. -
O.J. Simpson Trial
The bodies of Nicole Brown SImpson and Ronald Goldman are found outside her home in Los Angeles, California. Five days later, her husband, former football star O.J. Simpson is arrested for the crime, but is later acquitted on October 3, 1995. -
Clinton wins Again
Bill Clinton wins his second term, beating Republican Bob Dole. -
Another Presidential scandal.
The Monica Lewinsky scandal begins when U.S. President Bill Clinton denies his relationship with the White House intern in a televised interview. This denial, and other denials to a grand jury investigation, would lead to the impeachment of the president. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush beats Al Gore to win the presidency. -
9/11
Islamic Terrorists crash planes into the twin towers in New York, the Pentagon, and one attempted to hit the white house but was stopped by its passengers.