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The United States House of Representatives rejects the request of President Reagan for $36.25 million to fund the Nicaraguan Contras
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President Carter
President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan -
Republican Party's Ronald Reagan
Republican Party's Ronald Reagan elected president. He adopted a tough anti-communist foreign policy and tax-cutting policies -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman Supreme Court justice -
Iran frees the 52 US embassy hostages
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The first launch of the Space
The first launch of the Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center occurs as Columbia begins its STS-1 mission. The Space Shuttle is the first reusable spacecraft to be flown into orbit, and it returned to earth for a traditional touch down landing two days later. -
The Senate passes a bill that virtually eliminated the practice of busing to achieve racial integration
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Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space.
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A terrorist truck bomb kills two hundred and forty-one United States peacekeeping troops in Lebanon at Beirut International Airport.
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US invades Caribbean nation of Grenada
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The opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games is held.
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The first meeting betweenof the Soviet Union and the United States
The first meeting in six years between the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States occurs when Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan engage in a five hour summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland. -
Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States.
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take off from Cape Canaveral. The seven crew members are killed.
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Hands across America
Five million people make a human chain across the United States in the Hands Across America campaign to fight hunger and homelessness. -
US warplanes bomb Libyan cities.
"Irangate" scandal uncovered, was denominated like this because for US arms sales to Iran were used illegally to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. -
In a speech in Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”
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Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF was the the first arms-control agreement to reduce the superpowers' nuclear weapons.
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The stock market crash known as Black Monday occurs on the New York Stock Exchange, recording a record 22.6% drop in one day.
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Reagan gets be vice-president and George Bush is elected president.
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US troops invade Panama, oust its government and arrest its leader.
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The oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground in Prince William Sound, and spilled more than 10 million gallons of oil, the largest in U. S. history
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