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It began in November 4th 1979, the crisis started when militant Iranian students outraged at the fact that the US government allowed the Shah of IRan to travel to the US for medical treatment. They decided to keep US soldiers hostage. President Carter could not resolve this crisis diplomatically. Therefore April 24, 1980 the hostage rescue mission ended in disaster.
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Former California Governor defeated Jimmy Carter. These elections where known as The Reagan Revolution. Russica went from being a super power to a third rate power.
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After 444 days of captivity the Hostages where finally released by Iran.
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John Hinckley attempted to murder the US president. He had an obsession with the actress Jodie Foster.He tried to do this to impress her. He had written a letter to her saying "Please look into your heart and at least give me the chance, with this historic deed, to gain your respect and love"
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Canada hadnt gained complete independence from Great Britain unti the year 1982. Largely formed through the Constitution Act of 1967, which joined the surrounding provinces into one nation.
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Measured 6.0 on the surface wave magnitude scale with a maximum percevied intensity that was destructive. 2,800 people where killed and 1,500 people where injured
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A suicide bomber truck that weighed 400 punds exploded in the US embassy in Lebanon, Beirut. OVer 400 people where injured and 63 people where killed. It is thought to be and anti-US Islamist attack.
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Discovered by French scientist, Dr. Luc Montagnier. It created more awareness in society.
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Navy Captain Bruce McCandless and Army Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart become the first astronauts to fly free of a spacecraft in orbit during a space shuttle flight that began four days earlier.
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President Ronald Reagan wins reelection over Democratic challenger Walter F. Mondale
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The first meeting in six years between the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States occurs when Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan engage in a five hour summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland
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The first version of the Windows operating system for computers is released.
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Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States.
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US launched an Air Raid against Libya after Libya was sponsoring terorism against US troops and citizens
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US Stark a Frigate is attacked by Iraq missile
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Stock Markets around the world crashed. US went down to 22.7%
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Drinking water began to dry up in Pittsburgh suburbs because of a massive diesel oil spill two days earlier that fouled the Monongahela and Ohio rivers.
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Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
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Economic reports on the previous year from the Labor Department indicate a growth rate of 3.8%, the largest in four years and an unemployment rate of 5.3%, a low of fourteen years.
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Army General Colin Powell is elevated to the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first African American to be nominated to that post.
