A New Era - 1980-2001 By texkatgirl Apr 12, 1980 America Withdrew from the Summer Olympics in Moscow Apr 24, 1980 Operation Eagle Claw May 18, 1980 Eruption of Mt. Saint Helens Nov 4, 1980 The Election of 1980 Mar 3, 1981 Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan Jul 29, 1981 Economic Recovery Act of 1981 Aug 12, 1981 IBM Introduces The First Personal Computer Mar 26, 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Mar 23, 1983 The Strategic Defense Initiative Jun 18, 1983 Sally Ride is The First Woman Astronaut in Space Oct 25, 1983 Invasion of Grenada Nov 6, 1984 The Election of 1984 Nov 19, 1985 The Geneva Summit Nov 20, 1985 Windows Operation System Released Dec 11, 1985 General Electric and RCA Merger Jan 20, 1986 The First Official Day of Martin Luther King Observation Jan 28, 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes May 25, 1986 Hands Across America Chain Sep 18, 1986 Intermediate Range Nuclear Force Treaty Nov 3, 1986 Iran Contra Affair Oct 19, 1987 Black Monday Oct 23, 1987 Rejection of Robert Bork Apr 12, 1988 The First Patent For Genetically Engineered Mouse Nov 8, 1988 The Election of 1988 Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Aug 9, 1989 Savings and Loan Bailout Aug 10, 1989 The Promotion of General Colin Powell Apr 24, 1990 The Placement of The Hubble Telescope Aug 2, 1990 The Gulf War 1990-1991 1991 The Fall of The Berlin Wall Jan 12, 1991 Operation Desert Storm Feb 27, 1991 The Gulf War Ends Jul 29, 1991 The Indictment of The Bank of Credit and Commerce Aug 21, 1992 The Siege of Ruby Ridge Nov 3, 1992 The Election of 1992 Feb 26, 1993 The Bombing of The World Trade Center 1993 Feb 28, 1993 The Waco Siege - February - April 1993 Mar 22, 1993 The First Pentium Chip Jun 27, 1993 Clinton Orders Missile Attack on Iraq Nov 30, 1993 The Signing of The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Jun 12, 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman Found Murdered Nov 8, 1994 The Republican Revolution Jan 1, 1995 NAFTA Goes Into Effect Jan 1, 1995 World Trade Organization Nov 5, 1996 The Election of 1996 Jan 17, 1998 Clinton - Lewinsky Scandal May 18, 1998 US v Microsoft Sep 29, 1998 The Iraq Liberation Act Nov 7, 2000 The Election of 2000 Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks Sep 18, 2001 Anthrax Attacks 2001 Oct 7, 2001 The Start of War on Terror
