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President Ronald Reagan elected President
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First women in space
Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. -
27th amendment passed
The 27th amendment deals with pay raises or decreases for members of Congress. -
Bill Clinton was elected President
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World Trade Center Attacked
The 1,200-pound bomb was in a Ryder truck parked in a parking garage beneath the World Trade Center. The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100 feet, several stories deep. It caused the PATH station ceiling to collapse. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade block in North America. -
Federal Assult Weapons Ban
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) is a federal law that prohibits the sale of semi-automatic firearms to civilians. This is also known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act. The federal assault ban weapon was a part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. The ban expired by 2004. After much debate the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was signed into law on September 13, 1994. -
CWC
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a multilateral treaty that bans chemical weapons and requires their destruction within a specified period of time. The treaty is of unlimited duration and is far more comprehensive than the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which outlaws the use but not the possession of chemical weapons. -
George W. Bush elected president
President George H. W. Bush won the Presidential Election. -
9/11
They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.