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After 444 days, and just a few hours after the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, 52 Americans held under a group of pro-Ayatollah students were released to be sent back to the U.S. -
The first inauguration of Ronald Reagan was at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Ronald Reagan's presidency followed the presidency of Jimmy Carter. -
Reagan delivers a speech to Congress proposing increased defense spending, and decreased taxes and domestic spending. -
Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C. as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. -
President Jimmy Carter announced an embargo on 17 million metric tons of grain shipments to the Soviet Union because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In 1981, Ronald Reagan lifted the grain embargo. -
PATCO called for a reduced 32-hour workweek, a $10,000 pay increase for all air-traffic controllers, and a better benefits package for retirement, when these demands were not met they went on strike. Reagan then fired them and banned them from federal service jobs for life. -
Reagan promised to appoint the first woman to the highest court in his 1980 campaign, and he fulfilled that promise when he elected Sandra Day O'Connor to the supreme court. -
Reagan asked Congress for a program of $180.3 billion to build 100 MX land-based missiles and 100 B1 bombers. Reagan wanted to strengthen homeland defense. -
Federal legislation passed in 1982 and introduced in 1981 to cut the budget deficit through federal spending cuts, tax increases, and reform measures. -
Reagan delivered his first State of the Union address and remarked on the historical significance of the tradition. -
Reagan spoke in front of the British Parliament explaining his position on Communism and urging Britain to aid in the ending of Communism. -
The initiative was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental and submarine-launched). -
The reform of the Social Security Act made up to half of the value of the Social Security benefit was made potentially taxable income. -
After the imposition of martial law, the U.S. imposed policies of economic sanctions against the regime, and supported the opposition contributed to the ultimate fall of the communist government. -
Amid a bloody civil war in Lebanon, a Lebanese terrorist drove a bomb-laden truck through guard posts and fences and into the lobby of the Marines Corps headquarters in Beirut, where he detonated a massive bomb, killing 241 marine, navy, and army personnel. -
Reagan sent troops over because of the People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada's government, Marxist) which resulted in the house arrest and execution of the previous leader and second Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop, and the establishment of the Revolutionary Military Council. -
After the Federal Reserve implemented tight money policies intended to bring down interest rates, farmland value dropped 60% in some parts of the Midwest. Farm debt nearly doubled and many farmers were in serious financial trouble. -
This embargo prohibited all trade between the U.S. and Nicaragua under the Ronald Reagan administration. -
The Geneva Summit was the first meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev where they discussed the Cold War-era arms race, primarily the possibility of reducing the number of nuclear weapons. -
After the Challenger exploded while still in the atmosphere, killing all aboard Reagan addressed the nation after the tragedy. He wanted to offer condolences to the witnesses and those personally affected, he also wanted to advocate future space quests despite the accident. -
Economic sanctions were placed on South Africa by the U.S. that could only be lifted if South Africa ended the system of apartheid. -
The second meeting of US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Following up on the previous year’s Geneva Summit, Reagan and Gorbachev continued to work toward and debate the possible terms of nuclear arms reduction at Reykjavík. -
In the 1986 Senate elections, Democrats regained the majority with 55 Democrats to 45 Republicans. This new majority did not bode well for Reagan, who had hoped to keep the Republican majority. -
This was an amendment to the 1972 Control Act and it phased out the construction grants program, replacing it with the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. -
The conclusion of this report stated 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. -
The Iran-Contra Affair was a secret arms deal. Senior administration officials in the Reagan admin. sold arms to Iran (under an arms embargo) hoping that the proceeds from the deal would fund the Contras (opposition in Nicaragua). -
Reagan delivered a speech at the West Berlin wall that challenged Soviet leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, which had become a symbol of the repressive Communist government in Germany. -
Gorbachev and Reagan signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). This landmark agreement proposed to eliminate all intermediate and short-range ground-based missiles and launchers from Europe. -
President Reagan announced rules prohibiting abortions and abortion counseling by family planning programs that receive Federal funds. -
Ronald Reagan met with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and they finalized the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). They also discussed other bilateral issues. -
His last televised speech was given from the Oval Office to close out his two-term presidency.