Timline For the 1980's

Mount St Helen

May 18, 1980

Mount St Helen Erupts

Reagan Election

Nov 4, 1980

Ronald Reagan was elected our 40th president in a landslide victroy against Jimmy Carter

Technology

Dec 2, 1980

Technology during the 1980's

Attempted Assassination

Jan 20, 1981

Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel when he was shot at. He was hit and it peirced his lungs and almost hit his heart.

Embassy Blows up

Apr 18, 1983

This was suicide bombing that killed 63 people and injured 17 people. This occured in Beirut, Lebanon.

Space shuttle Challenger explodes

Jan 28, 1986

The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. It killed 7 crewmembers. This accident chagned NASA forever.

U.S. and Libya

Apr 14, 1986

US launches air strike against Libya

Stock market

Oct 19, 1987

The stock market Crashed again, it was called black monday. It took only two years for the Dow to completly recover, and had regained all of the value it had lost.

Bush is Elected

Nov 8, 1988

George Bush is elected or 41st president. Bush-Quayle defeats Dukakis-Bentsen, capturing 40 states and 53 percent of the popular vote.

Panama Flight

Dec 21, 1988

The flight was bombed during a flight.

Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

The Berling Wall is torn downt o symbolize the end of the Cold War.

Bush orders the invasion of Panama

Dec 20, 1989

Bush heard that Manuel Noriega was involved in a drug trafficking when he was trying to help get communism out of Central and South America.