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Mount St. Helens Eruption
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, resulting in a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows, and escalating earthquake in the state of Washington. This eruption was the first in over 100 years. -
Reagan Becomes President
Ronald Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California, and then the president. -
The Reagan Doctrine
The “Reagan Doctrine” was used to characterize the Reagan administration’s policy of supporting anti-Communist insurgents wherever they might be, breaking the idea of containment in the Truman Doctrine. -
The Challenger Crash
On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded during lift off, killing all seven on board. -
End of the Cold War
The Cold War came to an end when the USSR fell. Due to the race to power with the United States, the Soviet economy crashed. It could not hold up to the U.S.'s economy. -
The Republican Revolution
In the 1994 House elections, republicans took the majority for the first time in fifty years. This was a revolutionary event, resulting in a gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pickup of eight seats in the Senate. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
On April 19, 1955, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was bombed by a domestic terrorist. This event ended with almost 200 dead. -
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. This attack, that took place on July 27 during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killed one person and injured 111 others. -
The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
On December 19, 1998, Bill Clinton became the second American president to be impeached (the first being Andrew Johnson), when the House formally adopted two articles of impeachment and forwarded them to the United States Senate for adjudication. The Senate, however, did not adjudicate the President. -
Year 2000 Problem
The Year 2000 (also known as the Y2K) problem refers to a widespread computer programming shortcut that was expected to cause extensive havoc as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. Instead of allowing four digits for the year, many computer programs only allowed two digits--fr example, 98 instead of 1998. -
Bush Becomes President
George W. Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. -
9/11 Terrorist Attack
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked passenger planes. The planes flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, the South Tower not long after, the western façade of the Pentagon, and the final plane crashed in a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, because the passengers overtook the hijackers. In less than two hours, nearly three thousand Americans had been killed. This terrorist attack would change foreign policy, and begin the war on terror.
