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he United States and its allies boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Iran Hostage Crisis Ends
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Ronald Reagan inaugurated 40th President of the United States
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Reagan announces the Caribbean Basin Initiative to prevent the overthrow of governments in the region by the forces of communism.
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Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative (or star wars.)
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Various allies of the Soviet Union boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at a summit in Geneva, Switzerland, where they agree to two more summits.
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
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Soviet scientist and well-known human rights activist Andrei Sakharov begins a two-week visit to the United States
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George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as 41st President of the United States.
