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United States proceeded to boycott the Olympics, causing 65 countries refrain from participating in Moscow.
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it was discovered SIDA (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was found.
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Columbia carried dozens of astronauts into space during the next two decades, reaching several milestones.
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During the Reagan presidency program was promoted conservative revolution which it encouraged the government of Margaret Thatcher in the UK: It consisted of a neoliberal economic policy at all costs.
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USA spent unprecedented sums to massively strengthen the defense, which included the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe to counter the Soviet deployment of missiles of the same type.
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The annual inflation rate remained between 3 and 5%.
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Reagan armed the counter revolutionary groups in Central America to force the fall of the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.
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US forces landed on the island of Granada, in the Caribbean, in response to an urgent call for help from neighboring countries.
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The last US combat troops left Granada and the following year there were democratic elections.
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Reagan created the National Endowment for Democracy to continue the activities of political and union interference by the CIA
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Reagan is postulated to re-election. He defeated his Democratic opponent, former Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale, by an overwhelming margin.
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Reagan and Gorbachev agreed in principle to try to reduce by 50% its strategic offensive nuclear weapons and as an interim agreement on intermediate-range nuclear forces.
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Inflation rate fell to just under 2%, the lowest level in decades.
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Strengthen ties with OTAN allies, from which obtained support to deploy new medium-range missiles in Europe.
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The US Congress overrides Reagan's veto and imposed a series of economic sanctions on South Africa.
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In Libya the Reagan administration ordered the bombing of the palace of the Libyan president.
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The biggest percentage collapse happened on the same day in the history of stock markets; It led to a financial panic that triggered a bank run internationally and led to the breakdown of dozens of US investment firms.
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Reagan ordered the USS Vincennes to shoot down Iran Air Flight 655 in Iranian territorial waters, causing 290 dead
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George Herbert Walker Bush was elected American president.
