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Jimmy Carter Elected President
Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1977. -
Star Wars Movie Premier
Big movie and a big reaction and talked about the good and evil. -
Three Mile Island Meltdown
An accidental partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Meltdown in Pennslyvania -
Mount. St. Helens Eruption
A series of volcanic explosions in Washington, USA -
Iran Hostages Released
The Iran hostages were held for 444 days until the Iraq president realized that the costs outweighed the benefits. -
Assassination Attempt on President Reagan
President Reagan was seriously hurt by a revolver bullet and caused internal bleeding. -
Iran/ Contra Affair
A political scam that happened during the second term of Raegan's Presidency. -
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Explosion of No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Power Plant in the Soviet Union -
Challenger Shuttle Explosion
The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion was aired on live TV when they took a teacher up in space to teach from space but it exploded 8 secs into liftoff. -
George H.W. Bush Elected President
Republican from Texas and was vice president for two terms under Reagan. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
At a conference, East German spokesman Gunter Schabowski announced East Germans would be free to travel into West Germany. -
Start of the Persian Gulf War
The international conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait -
Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Scott Pippen, and Micheal Jordan -
Bill Clinton Elected President
Bill Clinton won the Presidency in 1992. He had 370 electoral votes and Bush had 168 electoral votes. -
Rodney King Decision & L.A. Riots
4 LA policemen were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King, a black man. It was caught on camera and the judge's decision caused an outbreak and people started burning and destroying LA -
Launch of Google
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford. It became public to on August 19th, 2004. -
Bill Clinton Impeached by the House of Representatives
He was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. -
World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks
Terrorism attacks and hijacked planes. 2,977 victims. 2 planes got hijacked and were driven into both of the twin towers one plane crashed into the pentagon and one plane crashed into a field. All were hijacked.