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George H.W. Bush was elected president on June 12, 1924. During his presidency, the Cold War ended. -
Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th president on January 20, 1977. -
The Star Wars movie premiere was on May 5, 1977 in LA. This event was the stepping stone for the upbringing of networking. -
The Three Mile Island meltdown refers to a partial nuclear meltdown at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Unit 2. -
Mount St. Helens was a series of phreatic blasts that occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. -
The 52 American hostages held in Iran were released on January 20, 1981. They were held hostage for 444 days of captivity. -
Ronald Reagan the President of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C. This happened on March 30, 1981. -
The Iran-Contra affair was a major political scandal during the Reagan administration in the 1980s. This scandal was between the National Security Council which became involved in secret weapons transactions and other activities that were either prohibited by the U.S. Congress or violated the stated public policy of the government. -
The Challenger space shuttle exploded on January 28, 1986. The explosion happened after 73 seconds of takeoff. It killed all seven astronauts on board. -
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was a catastrophic event at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. It was caused by a poorly designed experiment and operator errors during a safety test that made it explode. -
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete wall that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic. Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August 1961. -
The Persian Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. -
The Rodney King Decision L.A. Riots started from Rodney King being brutally beaten by multiple cops. A neighbor happened to record the beating and turned it into the news and law enforcement. Rodney King quoted, "Can we all get along?" -
The "Dream Team" was the original U.S. Olympic basketball team. This team was so remarkable because it included all the active NBA stars. -
Bill Clinton's president of the United States, began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993. One of the things Bill did during his presidency was sign into law the North American Free Trade Agreement -
Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The majority of people use Google multiple times a day. Google is a very important website. -
Bill Clinton was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998. -
On September 11, 2001 four commercial airliners were hijacked and used in attacks against targets in the United States. 2 planes crashed into the "twin towers"