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School Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, killing 15 and wounding 23 others.
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An assassination attempt is made on the President but he survives
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Arms scandal within the white house over arms-for-hostages deals.
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The Space shuttle explodes 73 seconds after take off and kills all passengers, making it the worst accident in US space history.
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Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty to reduce arms production and nuclear weapons.
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US invades Kuwait essentially beginning the persian gulf war
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Despite having confessed to sexual relations with a White House intern, Clinton is acquitted by congress after his impeachment is and is not removed from the white house
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Terrorist Attack on the Word Trade Center building and the Pentagon, though the greatest loss of life was at the world trade center where the planes crashed.