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The Election of 1980
On November 4, 1980, Republican candidate Ronald Reagan defeated the current Democrat Jimmy Carter by a landslide. Jimmy Carter's defeat was mainly due to the Iranian hostage crisis and poor domestic economic conditions. -
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United States invasion of Grenada
Grenada gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. The Communist New Jewelry Movement In 1979, Maurice Bishop seized power in a coup, suspended the constitution and detained several political prisoners. The invasion was criticized by many countries including Canada. -
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Occurred on January 28, 1986, Eastern Time. The space shuttle Challenger, which had just taken off for 73 seconds over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, disintegrated, killing 7 crew members on board. The disintegrated shuttle fell on the Atlantic coast in central Florida, USA. The cause of the accident was the failure of the O-ring seal of the solid rocket booster on the right. The catastrophic accident caused the US space shuttle flight plan to be frozen for 32 months. -
United States bombing of Libya
The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps conducted an air strike against Libya on April 15, 1986. The airstrike was a response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin in 1986. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Soviet President Gorbachev resigned, announcing that the Soviet Union ceased to exist, and the original 15 constituent countries also restored their sovereign status. The disintegration of the Soviet Union represented the end of the Cold War and bipolar pattern that had lasted for nearly half a century since the end of the Second World War. The United States also became the only superpower in the world after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. -
Oklahoma City bombing
It was a homegrown terrorist bomb attack on Oklahoma City Center in the United States. This bombing was the most serious terrorist attack on the United States before the September 11 attacks in 2001, resulting in a total of 168 deaths. -
2000 United States presidential election
The 2000 U.S. presidential election was one of the closest election results in U.S. history. The two main candidates were the governor of Texas, the Republican candidate George W. Bush, and the then U.S. Vice President, Democratic candidate Al Gore. Bush won Florida's vote by 537 votes -
September 11 attacks
In a series of suicide terrorist attacks in the United States, al-Qaeda admitted to launching the attack. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 civil airliners. The hijackers deliberately caused two of the planes to crash into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York
