Timeline #11 By Mialedia Jun 28, 1975 Supreme Court ruled on the Bakke case Jan 21, 1977 President Carter pardoned Vietnam draft resisters Sep 7, 1977 Panama Canal Treaties signed Sep 17, 1978 Camp David Accords signed Nov 4, 1979 Iran Hostage crisis started Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan Jan 20, 1980 U.S boycotted Moscow Olympics Jan 20, 1981 American hostages in Iran released Aug 20, 1985 Iran-Contra Scandal revealed Jun 4, 1989 China suppressed student uprisings with massacre in Tiananmen Square, Beijing Aug 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991 Persian Gulf War Oct 3, 1990 Berlin Wall torn down Mar 3, 1991 Rodney King assault/beating Dec 26, 1991 Soviet Union dissolved Period: Apr 29, 1992 to May 4, 1992 Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles Feb 5, 1993 Family Leave Act passed Dec 8, 1993 Congress ratified NAFTA Oct 2, 1995 O.J Simpson trial Oct 19, 1998 Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives Feb 12, 1999 Senate acquitted Clinton in impeachment trial Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks on New York and Virginia Mar 19, 2003 U.S invaded iraq Period: Mar 29, 2003 to Mar 29, 2011 U.S military vegan action against Afghanistan Aug 23, 2005 hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans & the Gulf Coast Sep 11, 2012 Attack on the U.S Embassy in Benghazi
