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Jimmy carter elected president
Jimmy carter a democrat from georgia, he won the presidential race closely to his opponent Gerald Ford. He only served one term and was defeated in a landslide to Reagan. -
Star Wars Movie Premier
Was one of the most popular cinemas of its time and still, people crowded to the theater to see this action packed film. -
Three Mile Island meltdown
The reactor started to malfunction at 4 am, this caused radioactive material to be released into the environment. Its the worst accident relating to nuclear power in US history -
Mount St.Helens Eruption
Earlier in the year there where signs that this horrific eruption was going to happen such as small earthquakes, venting steam, and growing bulge protruding. It was a very deadly eruption that caused the largest landslide ever. -
Iran Hostages Released
Immediately after Reagans inauguration they were released. It was believed he made a deal for that before he was even in office. -
Assassination attempt on President Reagan
After speaking at the Washington Hilton, President Reagan was shot on his way back to his limo. The shot was fired by John Hinckley Jr the shot wasn't fatal. -
Iran/Contra Affair
Administration official illegally sold fire arms to Iran. The proceeds of the sale went to fund Contras a rebel group in nicaragua. -
Challenger Shuttle Explosion
Only 73 seconds into the flight the shuttle exploded killing all 7 people on board Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik and teacher Christa McAuliffe. -
Chernobyl Nuclear disaster
The worst nuuclear disaster took place at chernobyl in the soviet union. It was caused by people messing around with the reactor the city wont be inhabitable for another 20,000 years. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the wall was in attempt to reunify germany post ww2. -
Start of the Persian Gulf war
The invasion of Kuwait led to the war and the US then invaded iraq. -
Rodney King Decision and L.A riots
Rodney King was beaten and tazed by four Los Angeles police officers after a chase. A civilan watching took a video of the assault was broadcast nationally. The city of LA broke out in riots because of the police brutality. -
Bill clinton elected president
Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd president on January 20, 1993. He Defeated Republican nominee Bob dole and Perot. -
Launch of google
At stanford Sergey Brin and Larry page created a partnership in a garage.They built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. -
Bill Clinton Impeached
The house of representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton the second president in American history to be impeached. -
World Trade center/Pentagon/Shankville PA attacks
An extreme islamic terrorist group hijacked 4 commercial airplanes, flying one in the north tower and one kill in the south killing thousands, one to the pentagon. And the last was thought to be headed to the capital but the passengers overthrew the hijacked so it crashed in shanksville.