Reagan timeline

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  • Reagan inaugurated

    Reagan inaugurated

    Held on a Tuesday at the US capital
  • 52 american hostages released

    52 american hostages released

    Algiers Accords signed January 19, 1981. Hostages were released January 20, 1981
  • Spending speech

    Spending speech

    Reagan proposed increased defense spending, and decreased taxes to congress in 1981
  • Reagan shot

    Reagan shot

    This was an assassination attempt on Reagan while he was leaving the Hilton hotel in Washington DC
  • Soviet grain embargo lifted

    Soviet grain embargo lifted

    In response to the Soviet Union, the US made a grain embargo. It was lifted when Reagan took office.
  • Air-traffic controllers strike

    Air-traffic controllers strike

    The Reagan administration fired 11,345 air traffic controllers for ignoring an order. They were banned from the federal service for life.
  • Sandra Day O'Connor

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to Supreme court by Reagan ,she was the first female justice to serve the Supreme court.
  • Sanctions on Poland

    Sanctions on Poland

    Economic and other sanctions were imposed on Poland in response to the repression that descended on the Polish people as a result of martial law.
  • Reagans delivers his first State of the Union

    Reagans delivers his first State of the Union

    Reagan delivered his first State of the Union address in a televised speech.
  • Reagan addresses Parliament in England

    Reagan addresses Parliament in England

    President Ronald Reagan presents his hope for a future that would "leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history."
  • Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act

    Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act

    A federal law enacted in 1982 to increase revenue through a combination of spending cuts, tax increases, and tax reform measures.
  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative

    This was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by nuclear weapons.
  • Social Security reform

    Social Security reform

    Makes comprehensive changes in Social Security coverage, financing, and benefit structure.
  • Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon

    Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon

    Two truck bombs hit buildings in Beirut and Lebanon, killing service members
  • Invasion of Grenada

    Invasion of Grenada

    The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada.
  • Farm credit crisis

    Farm credit crisis

    Farmers couldn't get enough credit to keep themselves going.
  • Embargo on Nicaragua

    Embargo on Nicaragua

    This embargo prohibited all trade between the U.S. and Nicaragua.
  • Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland

    Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland

    Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time to talk about international diplomatic relations, along with the arms race.
  • Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)

    Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)

    Reagan gave a speech telling everyone how these people honored us with the way they lived there lives.
  • South African sanctions

    South African sanctions

    A law that imposed sanctions against South Africa and stated five preconditions for the lifting of the sanctions.
  • Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland

    Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland

    This was a meeting, which lead to a near successful attempt of leaders of nuclear powers to agree on complete elimination of nuclear weapons.
  • Democrats gain seats

    Democrats gain seats

    Democrats won the national popular vote for the House of Representatives.
  • U.S. illegally sells arms to Iran

    U.S. illegally sells arms to Iran

    The Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran to effect the release of American hostages held in Lebanon.
  • Tower Commission concludes report

    Tower Commission concludes report

    This concluded that CIA Director William Casey should have taken over the operation and made the president aware of the risks.
  • Water Quality Control Act

    Water Quality Control Act

    A primary law that governs water pollution.
  • Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin

    Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin

    Reagan was trying to get people to tear down the wall, this wall symbolized soviet oppression.
  • Gorbachev, Reagan sign treaty

    Gorbachev, Reagan sign treaty

    This treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, along with restricting the deployment on them.
  • Reagan prohibits abortion assistance

    Reagan prohibits abortion assistance

    Reagan prohibited most family planning clinics, an any assistance with abortion
  • Reagan visits Soviet Union

    Reagan visits Soviet Union

    A meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • Reagan says farewell

    Reagan says farewell

    This was Reagans last time speaking as President.