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Jimmy Carter was elected to president In 1976. During his time as president he did many good things like advocating human rights. -
The Star Wars Movie Premier was on May 25th, 1977 becoming a classic film starting one of the most famous franchises. -
The Three Mile Island Meltdown was a nuclear accident that happened on March 28, 1979. It was a huge incident that raised concern about nuclear power. -
The Mount. St. Helens Eruption was a volcanic event that took place on May 18th,1980 and was a power eruption that destroyed everything in the surrounding area. -
On January 20th, 1981 president the Iran hostages were released by President Ronald Reagen after making an agreement. -
The assassination attempy took place in march 30th, 1981 and greatly made them improve security for the president. -
The Challenger Shuttle Explosion was a space shuttle failure after the space shuttle was in the air for 73 seconds before it exploded killing all 7 crew members and a teacher that was selected to be the first civilian in space. -
The Iran/ Contra Affair was a political scandal that took place during the second term of the Reagan administration -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster was in the soviet union and was a large release of radio active material. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall was the destruction of the Berlin wall -
The Persian Gulf War started on January 17th, 1991 -
The USA dream team competed in the 1992 summer Olympics with legends like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Larry bird. -
Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd president of the united states and served from 1993 to 2001. -
On September 4th, 1998 computer scientists Larry page and Sergey Brin founded Google a site we use everyday -
The impeachment of Bill Clinton was the 2nd time a president had been impeached on December 19th 1998. -
Bush was a republican from texas and a former vice president and took office in 1988 over Michael Dukakis . -
On September 11, 2001 the world trade center and the pentagon were hit with planes and the other plane was hijacked and taken back by the passengers and crashed the plane in a field. -
The Rodney King Decision was a trial involving four police officers for beating him with excessive force. And the L.A riots took place during 1992 following the Rodney King case.