Period 9 By jayrobertson 1980 Reagan is elected president https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-9/reagan-conservatism/study-guide/bhzREq69MW1ktHbBP8hg Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jun 1, 2025 Period 9 Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jun 1, 2025 Period 9 May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/hs-washington-state-history/mount-st-helens 1986 Iran-Contra Affair https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/iran-contra-affair Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster https://www.history.com/news/how-the-challenger-disaster-changed-nasa Mar 24, 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/exxon-valdez-oil-spill Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall https://www.history.com/articles/berlin-wall 1990 Internet is created https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/internet Jan 16, 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/operation-desert-storm Dec 25, 1991 End of Cold War with collapse of the U.S.S.R https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-9/end-cold-war/study-guide/jSK48CxJEPXM0bpeuKEg 1992 Bill Clinton is elected President https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/modern-us/1990s-america/a/bill-clinton-as-president Feb 26, 1993 1st bombing of the WTC https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/putting-together-fragments-investigation-1993-world-trade-center-bombing Apr 19, 1995 OKC bombing https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=OK026 Nov 29, 1999 Battle in Seattle https://ushistoryscene.com/article/the-battle-of-seattle/ Dec 31, 1999 Y2K https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/y2k Dec 12, 2000 2000 Election Bush v Gore https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/bush-v-gore Oct 7, 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/afghanistan-war Mar 19, 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-in-iraq-begins 2008 Obama is elected president 2008 The Great Recession https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/the-great-recession Mar 23, 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") is signed into law https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/affordable-care-act-obamacare May 2, 2011 Bin Laden killed https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/osama-bin-laden#:~:text=On%20May%202%2C%202011%2C%20under,compound%20and%20killed%20bin%20Laden. Dec 18, 2011 Withdrawal of troops from Iraq https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/research/topic-guides/the-iraq-war#:~:text=On%20December%2018%2C%202011%2C%20the,The%20war%20was%20incredibly%20costly. 2016 Trump becomes President (1st Time) https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/president-donald-trump Jan 21, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html May 25, 2020 George Floyd's death sparks nationwide protests https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-floyd-killed-by-police-officer Aug 30, 2021 U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81