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Ronald Reagan, the former Republican governor for California, defeats President Jimmy Carter in the election. -
Sandra Day O'Connor approved to be the first female Supreme Court associate justice in history. -
Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt while walking to his limousine. -
The memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., and holds the names of the more than 58,000 killed or missing in action during the conflict. -
5 Million people make a human chain across America to fight homelessness and hunger. -
The House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for over $36 million to fund the Nicaraguan Contras, U.S.-funded rebel groups in opposition to the Marxists. -
The Berlin Wall begins to fall when German citizens are finally allowed to travel from east to west Germany freely. -
Two men posed as policemen stole over works of art worth an estimated $100-200 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. -
The World Trade Center bombed by Islamic terrorists when a van explodes by the North Tower. -
The North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect which created a free trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico -
A series of strong tornadoes, including an F5, strike Oklahoma City and kills 38 people. The fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth is measured by scientists at 318 mph during this tornado. -
A series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Centers in New York. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil and killed nearly 3,000.