Timeline assessment By CAC2013 Apr 24, 1980 Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to save Hostages in Tehran. Sep 25, 1981 First women appointed to the U.S. supreme court. Oct 11, 1982 King Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose raised after 437 years, Sep 11, 1983 Soviets shoot down a Korean Airliner. Dec 2, 1984 Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India. Sep 3, 1985 Found the wreak of Titanic Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle challenger explodes Jan 1, 1987 DNA first used to convict criminals Jul 3, 1988 U.S. shoots down Iranian airline. Jan 4, 1989 Student massacred in China's Trahanmen Square Aug 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, that lead to the Gulf war. Jun 14, 1994 New York Rangers win Stanley Cup Jul 1, 1995 Heat Wave kills 750 people in Chicago. Mar 4, 1997 President Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning. Aug 7, 1998 224 people killed in the U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Jan 20, 2000 George W Bush inaugurated as the 43rd President of the U.S. Jan 14, 2001 No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed. Sep 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 587 crashes crashes in New York, Queens killing 265 people. Jan 20, 2009 Barack Obama became president Jan 7, 2012 A gunman kills 12 people and injures 58 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.