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39th President
Ronald Reagan is inaugurated President -
Equal Rights Amendment
Deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution passes without the necessary
votes -
Reagon's second term
Reagan's second inauguration -
Challenge
In a speech in Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall and open Eastern Europe to political and economic reform. -
41st President
George H. W. Bush is inaugurated -
Build up to War
Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. leads international coalition in military operation (code name is Desert Storm) to drive Iraqis out
of Kuwait -
Bombing
destruction of federal office building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people