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70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s Timeline

  • Jimmy Carter Elected President

     Jimmy Carter Elected President
    Jimmy was the 39th president of the us. Jimmy struggled with challenges " including a major energy crisis as well as high inflation and unemployment." Jimmy announced his candidacy in 1974. For 2 years, he went around the county making speeches and meeting a whole bunch of people. His message was "He called for a return to honesty and an elimination of secrecy in government, and repeatedly told voters, “I’ll never tell a lie.”
  • Star Wars Movie Premier

  • Mount. St. Helens Eruption

  • Iran Hostages Released

  • Assassination Attempt on President Reagan

  • Iran/ Contra Affair

  • Challenger Shuttle Explosion

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

  • Three Mile Island Meltdown

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Start of the Persian Gulf War

  • Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team

    Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
    Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
    was a group of boys Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, and of course, Michael Jordan. The team was known as the greatest sports team ever and was in the Hall of fame in 2009
  • Rodney King Decision & L.A. Riots

  • Bill Clinton Elected President

  • Launch of Google

  • Bill Clinton Impeached by the House of Representatives

  • George H.W. Bush Elected President

  • World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks