70's, 80's, 90's, 00's Timeline

  • Jimmy Carter Elected President

    Jimmy Carter Elected President
    Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1977.
  • Star Wars Movie Premier

    Star Wars Movie Premier
    Big movie and a big reaction and talked about the good and evil.
  • Three Mile Island Meltdown

    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

    Mount. St. Helens Eruption
    A series of volcanic explosions in Washington, USA
  • Iran Hostages Released

    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

    Assassination Attempt on President Reagan
    President Reagan was seriously hurt by a revolver bullet and caused internal bleeding.
  • Iran/ Contra Affair

    Iran/ Contra Affair
    A political scam that happened during the second term of Raegan's Presidency.
  • Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

    Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
    Explosion of No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Power Plant in the Soviet Union
  • Challenger Shuttle Explosion

    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

    George H.W. Bush Elected President
    Republican from Texas and was vice president for two terms under Reagan.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    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

    Start of the Persian Gulf War
    The international conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
  • Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team

    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 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

    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

    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

    Bill Clinton Impeached by the House of Representatives
    He was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks

    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.