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Social Security reform becomes law
In addition to several provisions for general welfare, the new Act created a social insurance program -
Water Quality Control Act
The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution -
Fifty-two American hostages held in Iran released.
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Soviet grain embargo lifted
was enacted by Jimmy Carter in January 1980 in response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 -
Reagan inaugurated
The first inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th president. -
Reagan proposes increased defense spending, and decreased taxes and domestic spending in speech to Congress
Reagan proposes increased defense spending, and decreased taxes and domestic spending in speech to Congress. -
Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike
Ronald Reagan begins firing 11359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work -
Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court
thus fulfilling his 1980 campaign promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States -
Military buildup (B-1 Bomber and MX missiles)
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Sanctions on Poland
Immediately after Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981, the United States invoked economic sanctions against Poland -
Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act
also known as TEFRA, is a United States federal law that rescinded some of the effects of the Kemp-Roth Act passed the year befor -
Reagan addresses Parliament in England
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon (1983)
A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel -
Invasion of Grenada
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Embargo on Nicaragua
President Ronald Reagan on May 1, 1985 and prohibited all trade between the U.S. and Nicaragua -
Farm credit crises (Feb 1985)
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Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland
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Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)
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Reagan delivers his first State of the Union
was given by the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on Tuesday, February 4, 1986, at 9 p.m. -
.South African sanctions
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 -
Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland Democrats gain seats (Nov 1986)
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Gorbachev, Reagan sign treaty (1987)
Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treat -
Tower Commission concludes report (1987)
who supported the Iran-Contra arrangement, should have taken over the operation -
Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin (1987)
Reagan's speech echoed the message of another famous American at the Berlin Wall some 24 years before -
Reagan prohibits abortion assistance (1988)
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Reagan visits Soviet Union (1988)
The Moscow Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
