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JIMMY CARTER FOR PRESIDENT
Couldn’t resist, too crucial of a detail. 39th President of the U.S. and the first peanut farmer to end up becoming a president. -
M1 ABRAMS ENTERS SERVICE
The third-generation MBT finally began serving the U.S. military. This tank would play a key role in many worldwide conflicts in years to come. -
Failed attempt to rescue Iranian hostages
A helicopter collided with a C-130 tanker, killing 8 U.S. soldiers. -
SUPER-VOLCANO ERUPTS IN WASHINGTON
Mt. St. Helens violently exploded and boosted an enormous cloud of ash into the atmosphere. The eruption killed 57. -
IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS ENDS
Hostile Islamic radicals held U.S. ambassadors hostage for 444 days, leading Jimmy Carter to break relations with Iran. -
RONALD REAGAN BECOMES PRESIDENT
40th U.S. President. -
FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH
The Columbia became the first reusable spacecraft to make it to space and reenter. -
1ST AMERICAN WOMAN ASTRONAUT
Sally Ride is named the first American female astronaut in the NASA -
1983 BEIRUT BOMBINGS
Two suicide bombers attacked peace-keeping troops, including U.S. military peacekeepers. This attack resulted in the troops being pulled out completely. -
1984 REAGAN WINS AGAIN
Reagan reenters the election, beating Mondale and becoming the 40th president for another term. -
1986 CHALLENGER DISASTER
7 crew members lost their lives in a sudden and catastrophic failure of the space shuttle’s structural integrity. -
“MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”
Reagan delivers his famous speech signaling the coming of the fall of the U.S.S.R. and Communist dominance within Eastern Europe. -
H.W. BUSH WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The 1988 election went to George H.W. Bush. -
PAN AM FLIGHT 103 GOES DOWN OVER SCOTLAND
An American-European Airline flight was critically damaged by a bomb laid by Libyan terrorists and crashed, killing all 259 souls on board. -
Loma Prieta Earthquake kills 63
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, destroying much of the city and injuring over 3,000 people. -
1989 COLD WAR ENDS
“Papa” George Bush declares the war to be officially over at the Malta Summit conference with Gorbachev. -
GULF WAR BEGINS
Iraq invades Kuwait; U.S. deploys military to protect its rich Middle Eastern oil resources. -
OPERATION DESERT STORM
Desert Shield’s forces begin to engage hostile Iraqis. For the first time, the M1 Abrams begins soundly beating Russian designed tanks such as the T72A. -
GULF WAR ENDS
Iraqi troops fled Kuwait after setting fire to hundreds of oil fields. Kuwait was liberated and George H.W. Bush declared as ceasefire. -
1992 BILL CLINTON WINS ELECTION
William Jefferson Clinton won the 1992 election against George H.W. Bush, becoming one of the first New Democrats to become president. -
NAFTA IS RATIFIED
A free trade regulations treaty involving United States, Canada, and Mexico, was signed by each country’s parliament. -
LEWINSKY AFFAIR
An alleged concealment of an affair with Monica Lewinsky of the White House led the House to impeach Clinton, but he was acquitted by the Senate. -
ME BOI
Uh, yeah. I am historic, evidently. -
Y2K
A computer bug reset many computers to display 0000, 9999 or 1900 as the date instead of 2000, which led many to believe that mass hysteria and equipment shut down would occur in the year 2000 leading to the apocalypse. -
GEORGE W. BUSH BECOMES PRESIDENT
Son of H.W. Bush wins the 2000 election against Al Gore. -
TERRORISTS LEVEL THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
Two Boeing 757s and two 767s from American and United were hijacked and hurled into the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. This changed aviation security worldwide forever.
