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Siege of Abadan - Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it
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The Columbia was the first space shuttle that was launched on April 12, 1981. The shuttle returned home after 2 days and was able to give NASA valuable information about the design of the shuttle.
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The mobile phone came about because businesses and consumers needed something that would make communication easier. Research in the area was hampered because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) placed restrictions on the allocation of frequencies.
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The Apple Mackintosh was the first successful home computer.
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American president Ronald Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and demanded that Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev “Tear down this wall!”
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The collapse of the Berlin Wall
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George HW Bush
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Battle of the Bridges – Iraqi victory
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Concentration grows in farm inputs industry and among processors and shippers; more farms turn to production and marketing contracts, increasing vertical coordination
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Total population: 261,423,000; farm population: 2,987,552; farmers 2.6% of labor force; Number of farms: 2,143,150; average acres: 461; irrigated acres: 49,404,000 (1992)
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Information technology and precision techniques increasingly used in agriculture
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Bill Clinton
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Farmers begin using satellite technology to track and plan their farming practices. The user of conservation tillage methods, which leave crop residues in the field to combat erosion, continues to rise. FDA grants first approval for a whole food produced through biotechnology, the FLAVRSAVR™ tomato. Farm Bureau celebrates its 75th anniversary. U.S. Congress approves General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), helping liberalize world trade
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Net farm income reaches a record $54.9 billion
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century greatly increases highway spending
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In 2000, camera phones officially became commercially available. While a number of big electronics companies began rolling out their own versions, Sharp’s J-SH04 was the first to the market.