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Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from Georgia, took office following his narrow victory over Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. -
The first Star Wars Movie Premiered -
a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station -
series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States -
The 52 American hostages held in Iran were released. This marked the end of the 444-day Iran hostage crisis. -
political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 and 1986 -
The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida -
No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, exploded. -
George H.W. Bush was elected as the 41st president of the United States of America. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. -
was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
The original U.S. Olympic men's basketball team was a roster of NBA stars. It included players like Michael Jordan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, Clyde Drexler, and Christian Laettner -
Bill Clinton was elected president election, defeating the incumbent Republican Party president George H. W. Bush. He became the first president to be born in the Baby Boomer generation and the youngest to serve two full terms. -
The trial of four white policemen following the arrest and beating of Rodney King, a black man, sparked a major investigation of police brutality in Los Angeles and violent race riots after a California court acquitted the police. -
Google was formally launched -
Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on two articles of impeachment: perjury and obstruction of justice. -
19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, carrying out a coordinated series of terrorist attacks against the United States.