Gabriel Willis - 1980-2001

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  • Failure of Operation Eagle Claw

    American forces failed in the attempt to retrieve American hostages that were held captive in the United States' Iranian embassy. Eight Americans were killed.

  • Ronald Reagan Wins the Presidential Election

    The Republican governor of California Ronald Reagan defeats the incumbent President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory. Reagan also defeated independent candidate John B. Anderson.

  • Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Regan

    While walking to his limousine in Washington D.C., President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin. Reagan was able to recover from this attack and continued his presidency.

  • Sandra Day O'Connor Made Supreme Court Associate Justice

    Sandra Day O'Connor became the first-ever female Supreme Court associate justice under unanimous approval from the Senate.

  • Introduction of Star Wars by President Reagan

    This proposal brought forth by President Ronald Reagan was to develop technology to intercept incoming missiles, called the Strategic Defense Initiative Program, or Star Wars.

  • Terrorist Bombing in Lebanon

    A terrorist truck bomb killed 241 U.S. peacekeeping troops that were stationed at the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon.

  • President Ronald Reagan Wins Re-election

  • Summit Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

    This summit conference would be the first meeting between leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union in six years. Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan engaged in a five-hour summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes, 7 Killed

  • Black Monday Stock Market Crash

    The stock market crash known as Black Monday occurs on the New York Stock Exchange, recording a record 22.6% drop in one day. Stock markets around the world would mirror the crash with drops of their own.

  • George H.W. Bush Wins Presidential Election

    After having served as Ronald Reagan's Vice President, Republican George Herbert Walker Bush defeated Democratic challenger Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall, after thirty-eight years of restricting traffic between the East and West German sides of the city, begins to crumble when German citizens are allowed to travel freely between East and West Germany for the first time.

  • Hubble Space Telescope Launched Into Orbit

  • Iraq Invasion of Kuwait

    Iraq invades its geographical neighbor, Kuwait, which subsequently sets into motion the U.S. involvement in the Gulf War.

  • Operation Desert Storm Begins

  • End of the Gulf War

    Iraq withdraws its forces from Kuwait and a cease-fire is declared.

  • The 27th Amendment is Passed

    two hundred and two years after its initial proposal. It bars the United States Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.

  • Bill Clinton Wins Presidential Election

  • Bombing of the World Trade Center

    The World Trade Center is bombed by Islamic terrorists when a van parked below the North Tower of the structure explodes. Six people are killed and over 1,000 are injured.

  • NAFTA Goes Into Effect

    The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect, creating a free trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

  • World Trade Organization Created

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) is created, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) formed from a series of post-war treaties on trade.

  • Murrah Federal Building Bombing

    Anarchists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols explode a bomb outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing one hundred and sixty-eight people in a domestic terrorism attack.

  • President Bill Clinton Wins Election

  • Monica Lewinsky Scandal

    The Monica Lewinsky scandal begins when U.S. President Bill Clinton denies his relationship with the White House intern in a televised interview. This denial, and other denials to a grand jury investigation, would lead to the impeachment of the president.

  • President Bill Clinton Acquitted

  • George W. Bush Wins Presidency

  • Terrorist Attacks of 9/11

    Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths.