1980s

By Shalandra
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    1980s

  • Boycott of Olympics

    Boycott of Olympics
    he United States and its allies boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

  • Iran Hostage crisis

    Iran Hostage crisis
    Iran Hostage Crisis Ends

  • 40th

    40th
    Ronald Reagan inaugurated 40th President of the United States

  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan
    Reagan announces the Caribbean Basin Initiative to prevent the overthrow of governments in the region by the forces of communism.

  • Reagan

    Reagan
    Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative (or star wars.)

  • olympics

    olympics
    Various allies of the Soviet Union boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

  • R and G

    R and G
    Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at a summit in Geneva, Switzerland, where they agree to two more summits.

  • Treaty

    Treaty
    The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

  • Visit

    Visit
    Soviet scientist and well-known human rights activist Andrei Sakharov begins a two-week visit to the United States

  • Bush

    Bush
    George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as 41st President of the United States.