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On this day Ronald Reagan won the election for president against Jimmy Carter. He was a Republican. He served two terms
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On this day the first portable computer was created. It was called the IBM 5100. It weighed 50 pounds.
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On this day George H. W. Bush won the election for president against Michael Dukakis. He was a Republican.
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On this day Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with US president George Bush met on a Soviet ship docked at Malta and ended hostilities.
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On this day the Berlin wall fell separating East and West Berlin.
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On this day the 27th Amendment was passed by Congress. This amendment dealt with the pay raises or decreases for members of Congress.
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On this day William Howard Taft won the election for president against William Jennings Bryan. He was a Democrat.
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On this day George W. Bush won the election for president against Al Gore. He was a Republican.
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On this day the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda attacked four different targets, three of which were successful. Two airline planes crashed into the North and South World Trade Center Towers. One airline plane crashed into the Pentagon. The last plane crashed before its target after the passengers stopped the attack.
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After the attacks on 9/11 the United States invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power and destroy al-Qaeda.