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water quality control act
establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters -
52 American hostages held in Iran released
November 1979, after 444 days, Iranian college students released the hostages that they seized after taking over the American embassy. -
Soviet grain embargo lifted
Reagan lifted the embargo one year after president carter enacted it in response to their Afghanistan invasion in 1979 -
Reagan Inauguration
the First Inauguration to be held on the west side of the capitol building -
Spending Speech
addressed the nation's financial situation and government spending. -
Reagan Shot
Shot and wounded in D.C after a speech at the Washington Hilton. shot by John Hickley jr. -
Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike
The Reagan administration fired over 11k air traffic controllers after their refusal to do an order from the president. banned them from federal service for life -
Sandra Day O'Connor
appointed by Ronald Reagan for the supreme court making her the first female justice -
sanctions on Poland
Reagan puts sanctions on Poland due to outrages caused by the soviets and polish -
Tax equity and Fiscal responsibility act
Federal law that rescinded some of the effects of the kemp Roth act passed a year before -
Reagan's first Sate of the Union
First State of the Union to be televised. -
Reagan addresses British Parliament
The first speech by an American president to address a meeting with both houses of Parliament. -
Social Secuirty reforms
increase in the benefits, automatically adjusted to the current cost of living -
Strategic defensive initiative
defense system against potential nuclear attacks. -
Beirut barracks bombing
two truck bombs struck American and french housing killing 241 American personnel and 58 french personnel -
Invasion of Grenada
The united states and six caribbean islands invaded the nation of Grenada. lasted four days code-named Operation Urgent Fury -
Farm credit crisis
farmland value dropped to 60% forcing the price of food to drop. -
Embargo against Nicaragua
Ended all trade between the US and Nicaragua. -
Iran Contra affair
a secret arms deal between the US and Iran that traded missiles and firearms to free some American hostages in Lebanon -
Geneva summit
A joint statement promising a 50% reduction of nuclear superpowers -
Space shuttle Challenger disaster
A fatal accident that killed seven astronauts 73 seconds into the flight. -
South african Sanctions
sanctions on South Africa listed five preconditions that would lift the sanctions but would also end apartheid. -
Tower commission concludes report
concluded that CIA Director William Casey, who supported the Iran-Contra arrangement, should have taken over the operation and made the president aware of the risks and notified Congress as legally required. -
Berlin wall speech
a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin -
Gorbachev and Reagan sign treaty
Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty in Washington, D.C. The final treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, restricting the deployment of both intermediate and short-range land-based missiles worldwide -
Reagan prohibits abortion assistance
Reagan was trying t make abortions illegal going directly against Roe V. Wade. Giving anti-abortion activist a direct advantage -
Reagan visits Soviet union
The Moscow Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. -
Reagan says farewell
Reagan gives his Farewell speech televised in the oval office