1980-2001

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    President Clinton

    Bill Clinton is re-elected as president of the United States
  • President Raegan

    Ronald Raegan is elected as president of the United States
  • Hostages released

    U.S. hostages that were held in Iran are released after 444 days of captivity
  • President Bush

    George H. W. Bush is elected as president of the United States
  • Exxon Valdez oil spill

    Oil tanker Exxon suffers a 10 million oil gallon spill in Prince William Sound, this is the largest oil spill in U.S. history
  • Gulf war

    The Gulf war starts with the U.S. objective of driving out the Iraqis from Kuwait
  • President Clinton

    Bill Clinton is elected as president of the United States
  • OKC bombing

    Terrorist attack of a bombing in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people in total
  • War in Afghanistan

    The start of the war in Afghanistan which is still ongoing in the present
  • President Bush

    George W. Bush is elected as president of the United States
  • 9/11

    The United States suffers a terrorist attack, mostly known the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City