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Rodney King Decision & L.A. Riots
Four policemen acquitted of assaulting and beating Rodney King · Killing of Latasha Harlins; Racial tension in Los Angeles. -
Assassination Attempt on President Reagan
Reagan waves to the crowd immediately before being shot in an assassination attempt after exiting Washington Hilton Hotel. -
Iran Hostages Released
Terrorist action taken by Iran involving an attack on the American embassy in Tehran.
Fifty-three United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Iran -
Star Wars Movie Premier
he film's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial. With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies. -
Three Mile Island Meltdown
accident caused no injuries or deaths. In addition, experts concluded that the amount of radiation released into the atmosphere was too small to result in discernible direct health effects to the population in the vicinity of the plant -
Mount. St. Helens Eruption
a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. -
Jimmy Carter Elected President
He’s a Democrat from Georgia he took office on his victory over Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.
His presidency ended his landslide defeat in the 1980 presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan after one term in office. -
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. -
Iran/ Contra Affair
The effort to support the Contras was one component of the Reagan Doctrine, which called for providing military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist governments -
George H.W. Bush Elected President
from Texas and the incumbent vice president for two terms under President Ronald Reagan, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
was the first step towards German reunification. political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany. -
Bill Clinton Impeached by the House of Representatives
He was formally impeached by the House on two charges perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998. The specific charges against Clinton were lying under oath and obstruction of justice -
Challenger Shuttle Explosion
took nearly two months to recover the remains from the ocean floor about 18 miles off the shore of Cape Canaveral Florida.
cremated remains of the seven Challenger astronauts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery -
Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
Charles Barkley (Phoenix Suns)
Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
Clyde Drexler (Portland Trail Blazers)
Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks)
Magic Johnson (previously of the Los Angeles Lakers)
Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls -
Bill Clinton Elected President
defeating the incumbent Republican Party president George H. W. Bush, and the independent businessman Ross Perot. He became the first president to be born in the Baby Boomer generation. -
Launch of Google
It used nearly half of Stanford's entire network bandwidth. BackRub is written in Java and Python and runs on several Sun Ultras and Intel Pentiums running Linux. -
World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks
The World trade killed about 2,977 people and from the 90 nations 2,753 people were killed in New York 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93