1980-2001

  • Mt. Saint Helens Eruption

  • Reagan Wins Election

  • Iran Releases Hostages

    The Iran hostage crisis negotiations were negotiations in 1980 and 1981 between the United States Government and the Iranian Government to end the Iranian hostage crisis. The 52 American hostages, seized from the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, were finally released on 20 January 1981.
  • Sandra Day O'Conner Joins US Supreme Court

    First Woman in the Supreme Court
  • Beirut Bombing

    On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French peacekeepers, 6 civilians, and 2 attackers.
  • Challenger Crash

  • Tax Reform Act of 1986 Passed

    Reagan Tax Cuts
  • "Tear Down This Wall"

    Reagan delivers speech telling Russia to tear down the Berlin wall.
  • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

    USSR and US agree on limiting intermediate range missiles
  • 1988 Election

    George H.W. Bush defeats Dukakis.
  • OKC Bombing

    Largest attack on US soil at the time.
  • Bill has affair with Monica in the White House

  • Columbine Shooting

    4th largest school shooting in US
  • 9/11

    Four airplanes were hijacked and two destroyed the twin towers in NYC, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth was crashed in a field in PA after the passengers on board took over the aircraft.