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Iranian students let go the sixty Americans they had held hostage for 444 days
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Ronald Reagan became the 40th president
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Reagan proposed increased defense spending, and decreased taxes
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lifts grain embargo imposed on Soviet Union
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Reagan is shot in the chest by John Warnock Hinckley Jr.
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he orders the dismissal of 13,000 PATCO air traffic controllers out on strike, citing their violation of a federal law against industry strikes.
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Reagan nominates her to fill seat of retiring Supreme Court justice. Making her the first woman in the Supreme Court.
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Reagan says the U.S will build B-1 bomber and MX missiles as part of military buildup.
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Reagan imposed economic sanctions on Poland
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Regan calls for New Federalism
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Becomes the first to address the combined houses of Parliament
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Reagan signs the Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act
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Reagan urges, SDI, an attempt to create an anti-ballistic missile shield
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Reagan signs the Social Security Reform Bill into law.
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U.S marines in the capital of Lebanon are attacked by suicide bombers
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U.S invades Grenada to overthrow the military.
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posed a big threat to U.S argiculture, Reagan Administration eases rules on a loan-guarantee program
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Reagan administration announces trade embargo against Nicaragua, to try and undermine the Sandinista government
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time
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Reagan gives a great speech about the tradgedy of the Space shuttle explosion
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Reagan announces limited economic sanctions against South Africa
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland
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There was a trade for U.S hosatges that gave Iran weapons
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Reagan prohibits federally funded family-planning centers
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Congress overrides Reagan's veto, allowing the EPA to regulate pollutants in U.S. waters.
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The Tower Commission releases its report, finding no criminal wrongdoing on the part of the White House
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Reagan gives a now famous speech in Berlin
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet up in D.C. and sign the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
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This was the first time he had visited Russia
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Reagan delivered his farewell adress
