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Olympics
United States proceeded to boycott the Olympics, causing 65 countries refrain from participating in Moscow. -
SIDA
it was discovered SIDA (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was found. -
The first shuttle
Columbia carried dozens of astronauts into space during the next two decades, reaching several milestones. -
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Conservative Revolution
During the Reagan presidency program was promoted conservative revolution which it encouraged the government of Margaret Thatcher in the UK: It consisted of a neoliberal economic policy at all costs. -
Nuclear missiles
USA spent unprecedented sums to massively strengthen the defense, which included the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe to counter the Soviet deployment of missiles of the same type. -
Inflation
The annual inflation rate remained between 3 and 5%. -
Sandinista regime
Reagan armed the counter revolutionary groups in Central America to force the fall of the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. -
Granada
US forces landed on the island of Granada, in the Caribbean, in response to an urgent call for help from neighboring countries. -
Democratic elections
The last US combat troops left Granada and the following year there were democratic elections. -
NED
Reagan created the National Endowment for Democracy to continue the activities of political and union interference by the CIA -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan is postulated to re-election. He defeated his Democratic opponent, former Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale, by an overwhelming margin. -
Nuclear forces
Reagan and Gorbachev agreed in principle to try to reduce by 50% its strategic offensive nuclear weapons and as an interim agreement on intermediate-range nuclear forces. -
Inflation rate
Inflation rate fell to just under 2%, the lowest level in decades. -
OTAN
Strengthen ties with OTAN allies, from which obtained support to deploy new medium-range missiles in Europe. -
Economic sanctions
The US Congress overrides Reagan's veto and imposed a series of economic sanctions on South Africa. -
Bombing in Libya
In Libya the Reagan administration ordered the bombing of the palace of the Libyan president. -
Black Monday
The biggest percentage collapse happened on the same day in the history of stock markets; It led to a financial panic that triggered a bank run internationally and led to the breakdown of dozens of US investment firms. -
Flight 655
Reagan ordered the USS Vincennes to shoot down Iran Air Flight 655 in Iranian territorial waters, causing 290 dead -
George Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was elected American president.
