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This act establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States -
There was an embargo on 17 million metric tons of grain shipments to the Soviet Union. -
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the U.S. 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage. -
Reagan had been proposing increased defense spending, decreased taxes and domestic spending, speech to Congress -
President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley Jr. -
President Ronald Reagan had began firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. -
Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Reagan, appointing the first woman to the highest court in the United States -
President Reagan announced that he will seek Congress' approval to make MX land-based missiles and 100 B1 bombers to upgrade the nation's nuclear forces. -
President Reagan had ordered a series of economic reprisals against the Polish government. -
An act that provides tax equity and fiscal responsibility, and for other purposes. -
Ronald Reagan delivers his first State of the Union address as the president of the U.S., remarking on the historical significance of the tradition. -
It was the first ever speech held by an American president to a meeting of both houses of the British Parliament, President Ronald Reagan presents his hope for a future that would "leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history." -
Congress had passed and President Reagan signed into law the 1983 Amendments. The Social Security Act was signed into law by the President Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. -
“Star Wars program”, it was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States -
Lebanese terrorist had drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. -
The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada. -
It was farm debt for land and equipment purchases soared during the 1970s and early 1980s. -
It was the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th president of the United States. -
The U.S. embargo against Nicaragua was declared by tPresident Ronald Reagan and had prohibited all trade between the U.S. and Nicaragua -
The leaders of the Soviet Union and the U.S. hold a summit conference, meeting in Geneva, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. -
The Democrats had gained eight seats, leading to be recapturing control of the Senate from the Republicans with a “55–45 majority”. -
The Space Shuttle Challenger was a fatal incident in the U.S. space program -
This law imposed sanctions against South Africa and had stated five preconditions for lifting the sanctions that would end the system of apartheid. -
It was to explore the possibility of limiting each country’s strategic nuclear weapons to have create momentum in ongoing arms-control negotiations. -
It had been concluded that the CIA Director William Casey, should have taken over the operation and made the president aware of the risks and also notified Congress as legally required. -
“Tear down this wall", also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan -
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the arms control agreement which banned the use of intermediate-range nuclear missles. -
President Reagan endorsed a bill that would prohibit use of any federal money for Medicaid abortions for the poor -
A meeting between United States President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev -
United States, President Ronald Reagan gives his goodbyes to the American people.