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Redefining America

By jeremyeve
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    Redefining America

  • Jimmy Carter becomes president

    Jimmy Carter becomes president

  • President Jimmy Carter mediates Egyptian-Israeli peace settlement

    President Jimmy Carter mediates Egyptian-Israeli peace settlement

  • Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident

    Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident

  • Ronald Reagan is elected fortieth president

    Ronald Reagan is elected fortieth president

  • American hostages are released from Iran

    American hostages are released from Iran

  • President Reagan is shot in assassination attempt

    President Reagan is shot in assassination attempt

  • Doctors diagnose the first cases of AIDS

    Doctors diagnose the first cases of AIDS

  • IBM releases its first personal computer

    IBM releases its first personal computer

  • Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female Supreme Court justice

    Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female Supreme Court justice

  • The word Internet is first used

    The word Internet is first used

  • Regan proposes “Star Wars” missile defense system

    Regan proposes “Star Wars” missile defense system

  • Iran–Contra affair

    Iran–Contra affair

  • Al-Qaeda founded by Osama bin Laden

    Al-Qaeda founded by Osama bin Laden

  • George Bush is elected forty-first president

    George Bush is elected forty-first president

  • The Exxon Valdez

    The Exxon Valdez

    The Exxon Valdez spills 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound
  • Berliners begin to tear down the Berlin Wall

    Berliners begin to tear down the Berlin Wall

  • Iraqi troops invade and occupy Kuwait

    Iraqi troops invade and occupy Kuwait

  • Police beating motorist Rodney King

    Police beating motorist Rodney King

    "Can't we all just get along?"
  • Soviet Union is dissolved; Cold War ends

    Soviet Union is dissolved; Cold War ends

  • Democrat Bill Clinton is elected forty-second president

    Democrat Bill Clinton is elected forty-second president

  • Terrorists bomb World Trade Center

    Terrorists bomb World Trade Center

  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement

  • Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City

    Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City

  • Dolly the sheep is cloned

    Dolly the sheep is cloned

  • Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

    Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

  • United States transfers control of Panama Canal to Panama

    United States transfers control of Panama Canal to Panama

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton wins a seat for the United States Senate

    Hillary Rodham Clinton wins a seat for the United States Senate

  • Researchers decode the human genome

    Researchers decode the human genome

  • Republican candidate George W. Bush becomes the forty-third president

    Republican candidate George W. Bush becomes the forty-third president

  • Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles

    Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles

  • 9/11 terrorist attack kills thousands of civilians

    9/11 terrorist attack kills thousands of civilians

  • War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

    War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

  • United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror

    United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror

  • The War in Iraq begins

    The War in Iraq begins

  • Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker

    Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker

  • Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast

    Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast

  • Steroids Scandal in baseball

    Steroids Scandal in baseball

  • President Bush signs a $700 billion bailout bill

    President Bush signs a $700 billion bailout bill

  • Barack Obama becomes the first African American president

    Barack Obama becomes the first African American president

  • The H1N1 virus, named the Swine Flu

    The H1N1 virus, named the Swine Flu

  • Jobless claims climb above 10.0%

    Jobless claims climb above 10.0%

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