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U.S. withdraws from the Moscow Summer Olympics to protest the continued U.S.S.R. presence in Afghanistan
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U.S. attempt to free the U.S. Embassy in Iran hostages fails when a mid-air collision occurs, leaving 8 dead and 5 wounded soldiers
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Reagan first proposes a plan to build an anti ballistic missle system to prevent a nuclear attack
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U.S. embassy bombed, considered the first ant-US terrorist attack by islamic groups
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Two truck bombs exploded around Beirut International Airport. The first killed 241 United States peacekeeping troops, the second killed 43 men, and destroyed a French barracks
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The United States invades Grenada over the destruction of a revolutionary government and the construction of a communist one.
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For the first time in 6 years, the leaders of the USSR and the UNS meet.
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An agreement to ban medium range missiles worldwide is reached between the United States and Soviet Union. The plan to extend this to long range missles fell through when Reagan refused to slow development on the Star Wars Initiative.
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United States and Soviet Union sign Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and begin to dimantle the thousands of missles in the 300 - 3400 mile range as instructed by the agreement