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Mt. St. Helen Erupts
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Ronald Reagan
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George H.W. Bush
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MTV.
Begins broadcasting music videos after midnight. -
IBM.
Introduces the IBM-PC personal computer, the IBM 5150. It was designed by twelve engineers and designers under Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division. It sold for $1,565 in 1981. -
Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Dedicated in Washington, D.C., holding the names of the more than 58,000 killed or missing in action during the conflict. -
Chrysler Executive is produced.
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Sally Ride.
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Ronald Reagan orders U.S. Troops to invade Grenada.
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Ronald Reagan wins 1984 Election
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Ford Taurus is produced.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Becomes the new leader of the U.S.S.R., and leads the country in a series of new policies including a more consultative government style of glasnost and the economic and political restructuring of perestroika. -
Nintendo Entertainment System debuts in the U.S.
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Ronald Reagan signs Anti Drug Abuse Act
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed as first time holiday.
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USS Challenger explodes
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Soviet War in Afghanistan.
The Soviet War in Afghanistan was essential to the full radicalization of Osama bin Laden and many of his followers. -
Osama Bin Laden.
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Iran and Iraq declare Cease-Fire.
American vessels an also attacked Iranian vessel laying mines in the Persian Gulf and sank an Iranian mine laying ship on charges of explosion. Iraq accepted the resolution since it had lost much of its land while Iraq did not comply with it since it was very close to victory and did not want to lose its gains. -
George H.W. Bush.
Inaugurated as the 41st President. -
U.S. Troops invade Panama
Trying to oust Gen.Manuel Noriega -
Hubble Space Telescope launched.
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Saddam Hussein
Launches the invasion of Kuwait -
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The Gulf War begins and ends
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Al Sharpton
Civil Rights Activist who got stabbed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. -
World's largest oil spill in Kuwaiti
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Afghanistan's Civil War begins
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27th Amendment has passed.
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Osama Bin Laden attacks American Troops.
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Bill Clinton
Becomes 42nd President. -
Maya Angelou
First African American woman to recite a poem at the inauguration of a U.S. President. -
World Trade Center Bombing.
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The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
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North American Free Trade goes into effect.
Creating a free trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. -
The World Trade Organization is created.
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Oklahoma City bombing.
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Khobar Towers bombing.
Happened in Khobar, Saudi Arabia kills nineteen U.S. military personnel, destroying the majority of a six building apartment complex that was home to the 440th Fighter Wing. It was carried out by Islamic terrorists seeking removal of the U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia. -
Bill Clinton's 2nd Inauguration.
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U.S. Embassies bombed in East Africa
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Columbine Shooting.
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USS Cole bombing in Yemen
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George W. Bush.
Inaugurated as the 43rd President -
Terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. -
U.S. invades Afghanistan
President George Bush and Tony Blair yesterday warned the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the starkest terms that preparations for the war against them were complete and attacks could be launched at any time.
