History from 1980 to 1990

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  • Reagan Elected

  • Regan Assasination Attempt

  • IBM Introduces the 1st Personal Computer

  • First Astronaut to fly free of a spacecraft.

    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.

  • 1st Martin Luther King Day

    Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States.

  • Black Monday

    Stock Market Crash

  • Amnesty Application Deadline for Illegal Aliens

    The deadline for amnesty application by illegal aliens is met by 1.4 million, who apply. It is estimated that 71% of those who applied had entered the United States from Mexico.

  • The Exxon Valdez crashed into Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound

    Largest Oil Spill to date in American History

  • Berlin Wall Fell

  • The Persian Gulf War Began