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The 1980's

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  • Ronald Regan Elected

    Ronald Regan Elected
    "The Reagan Revolution.” By 1984, there was a complete economy turn around. During his time in office, the Soviet Union went from being a superpower bent on global domination to a third rate power

  • Mikhail Gorbachev meets with President Ronald Reagan for the first time in Geneva

    Mikhail Gorbachev meets with President Ronald Reagan for the first time in Geneva
    Mikhail Gorbachev meets with President Ronald Reagan for the first time in Geneva. Over the course of the next five years they will hold 4 summits.

  • The Launching of Glas-nost

    The Launching of Glas-nost
    Launches his reform program glas-nost, meaning openness and self-criticism, and perestroika, meaning restructuring.

  • Gorbachev and Reagan

    Gorbachev and Reagan
    Gorbachev meets with Reagan for the first time in the United States.

  • Tiananmen Square Massacre

    Tiananmen Square Massacre
    The Chinese witnessed the fall of European communism and the Chinese people wanted freedom as well. Protests began on April 14, 1989 and quickly expanded. No body knows the amount of people who died in Tiaanmen Square in protest.

  • The Wall Comes Down

    The Wall Comes Down
    On november tenth 1989 the Berlin wall seperating the west side of germany from the east finaly comes down reuniting love ones and allowing citizens to freely pass from side to side.