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Sandra Day O’Connor
is a retired attorney, politician, and the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Opec
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that expert large amounts of petroleum. -
Barack Obama
is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. -
Star Wars (NOT the movies)
was a proposed ... Graham was not alone in considering the anti-missile problem. -
Kent State University shooting
massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard. -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
He fired White House Counsel John Dean, who went on to testify before the Senate Watergate Committee and said that he believed and suspected the conversations in the Oval Office were being taped. -
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
The Community Reinvestment Act is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. -
Three Mile Island Disaster
was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, and subsequent radiation leak -
AIDS Epidemic
is considered by some authors a global pandemic. -
Iran Contra Affair
was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. -
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes. -
Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
Germany was reunified, triggering the swift collapse of the other East European regimes. People celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. -
NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
established a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico. -
al-Qaeda
is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden. -
President Clinton’s Impeachment
the 42nd president of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress. -
Presidential Election of 2000
was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. -
No Child Left Behind
was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -
Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States. -
USA PATRIOT Act
is an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. -
Hurricane Katrina
was a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the costliest tropical cyclone on record, and is now tied with 2017's Hurricane Harvey.