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Jimmy Carter a Democrat from Georgia won the election against republican Gerald Ford. He was president from 1976 to 1980 after losing to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election. -
The idea of star wars came from the United States' plan to shoot missiles down from outer space with lasers. -
Near Harrisburg Pennsylvania a cooling malfunction caused recator 2 to melt and release radioactive gas. Every Resident within 5 miles was asked to evacuate for a few days. No one was injured or hurt die to this. -
At Mount St. Helens in Skamania explosions began to occur. It has often been declared the worst volcanic eruption in U.S. history. After the explosion there were about 2 months of earth quakes. -
After the failed attempt to rescue the hostages, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated an agreement was made to release the hostages in Iran. -
In Washington in 1981 John Hinckley Jr attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan. Reagan was walking back to his limousine after speaking to a crowd. He wasn't entirely struck by a shot but a shot hit the armored limo and flattened out and slid into his ribs. -
United States political scandal for the illegal sale of firearms to Iran. -
73 seconds into flight on Challenger STS-51L mission the rocket blew up killing 7 people. One of the people was a schoolteacher there for the "Teacher in Space Project." -
The explosion of the number 4 reactor in Ukraine killed around 30 people in 1986. Chornobyl is still radioactive to this day. -
After being vice president under Ronald Reagan for two terms Republican George H.W. Bush was elected president. He ran against democrat Al Gore and only won in electoral votes. -
The Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain. -
The United States and Iraq went to war after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Nicknames the war was given were Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Desert Sabre. -
25-year-old King was driving and after being pulled over and removed from his car he was beaten and tased. After this African-Americans showed their anger at police starting the riots in L.A. -
1992 Men's Olympic Basketball team, was known as the "dream team." Some of the players were Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, and of course, Michael Jordan. It was the first Olympic team to consist of active professional players. -
Winning the 1992 election was Bill Clinton. Democrat from Arkansas. He won the election against George H. W. Bush. -
Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in the late 1990s. They were students at Standford University. Almost 6 years later on August 19, 2004, it was released to the public. -
Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached. He was impeached on two charges. (obstruction of justice and perjury) -
Terrioist attack on the United States by al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden. It is known to be the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history because of the amount of things destroyed and people killed.