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This was obviously the day that he became president. Inauguration day 1981 -
There were hostages that Iran had held in their country, and Ronald Reagan's first act as a president was to get them back home to the united states -
reagan called for large cuts to taxes and federal spending while talking about increasing the defense of the United States of America -
president ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by john hinckley jr in Washington DC as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the washington hilton hotel. -
the united states grain embargo against the soviet union was enacted by jimmy carter in january of 1980 in response to the soviet unions invasion of afghanistan in 1979. it remained in effect until reagan ended it in 1981. -
Sandra Day Oconnor was nominated to the supreme court by president reagan, thus fulfilling his 1980 campaign promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States. -
reagan asks for 100 MXs and 100 B1 Bombers. -
following the PATCO workers' refusal to return to work, the reagan administration fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ingnored the order, and banned them from federal service for life -
after the coal mine incident in Katowice on 23 December 1981, the united states imposed economic sanctions against the peoples republic of poland. In 1982 the united states suspended most favored nation trade status until 1987 and vetoes polands aplication for membership in the international monetary fund -
the 982 state of the union address was given by ronald reagan in the chamber of the united states house of representatives to the 97th united states congress -
Ronald Reagan addressed the british parliament and suggested that the soviet bloc was weakening from within -
this was the biggest tax increase in united states history -
basically, reagan doesnt want abortion to be available in the united states. very pro life. -
proposed missile defense system intended to protect the united states from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons -
congress passed and president reagan signed into law the 1983 amendments. under the '83 amendments, up to one half of the value of the social security benefit was made potentially taxable income. -
a suicide bomber which was an iranian national, detonated his explosives, which were later estimated to be equivalent to 21,000 lbs of TNT which tore down a 4 story building causing 241 american servicemen to die. -
the united states and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada -
Embargo against Nicaragua was declared by the US president Ronald reagan and prohibited all trade between the United States and Nicaragua.
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The united states selected a few science teachers from around the country to try an experiment in space, however, the spaceship that it was in blew up -
The comprehensive anti apartheid act of 1986 was a low enacted by the united states congress, the law imposed sanctions against south africa and stated five preconditions for lifting the sanctions that would essentially end the system of apartheid. -
meeting held in iceland between president reagan and soviet premier gorbachev -
democrats gained a net eight seats and recaptured control o the senate rom the republicans with a 55-45 majority. they defeated seven incumbents, all but one o whom had been elected in 1980 -
senior administration officials secretly acilitated the sale of arms to the khomeini government of the islamis republic of iran which was the subject of an arms embargo -
104,000 commercial farm operators had a total of $28.4 billion in debt -
concluded the 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
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most recent series of amendments to the federal water pollution control act -
"gorbachev tear down this wall" the fact that they did tear down the wall, was a sign that communism was ending. -
president ronald reagan and soviet general secretary mikhail gorbachev sined the treaty. -
moscow summit was a summit meeting between ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan expressed satisfaction with the summit -
Reagan makes his farewell address to the country when he is coming out of office.