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        Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald R. Ford - 
  
  
        The first ever star wars movie premiers on this day. - 
  
  
        A partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor - 
  
  
        The Volcano explodes on this date, starting at 8:32 am. - 
  
  
        After Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President, the Iran Hostages are released after 444 days. - 
  
  
        President Reagen was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. while returning to his limousine - 
  
  
        A political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration - 
  
  
        The Challenger Shuttle explodes on this date due to a malfunction. It took the lives of 6 astronauts and 1 teacher - 
  
  
        The Chernobyl 4 reactor was destroyed, killing multiple people. - 
  
  
        He was elected President of the United States on this date, running against Michael Dukakis - 
  
  
        Freedom to travel into West Germany was granted for East Germans - 
  
  
        An international conflict started by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait - 
  
  
        The severe beating of African-American motorcyclist Rodney King caused this. - 
  
  
        Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, and of course, Michael Jordan were on this team - 
  
  
        He was elected President of the United States on this date - 
  
  
        American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google and launched it on this date. - 
  
  
        The Ex-President was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors - 
  
  
        The Twin Towers were hit by a plane that had been taken over by ISIS