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Fifty-two American hostages held in Iran released.
group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages -
Spending speech (increase defense, decrease taxes)
could not find anything (its jest me i guess) -
Soviet grain embargo lifted
The United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union was enacted by Jimmy Carter -
Reagan inaugurated
The first inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th president -
Reagan shot
Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C. -
Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court
promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States. -
Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike
fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who had ignored his order to return to work -
Military buildup (B-1 Bomber and MX missiles)
build 100 MX land-based missiles and 100 B1 bombers under a $180.3 billion program to upgrade the nation's nuclear forces. -
Sanctions on Poland
U.S against Polend -
Reagan addresses Parliament in England
first speech by an American president to a meeting of both houses of the British Parliament, President Ronald Reagan presents his hope for a future that would "leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history. -
Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act
cut the budget deficit through federal spending cuts, tax increases, and reform measures. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Star Wars program -
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
United States invasion of Grenada began at dawn on 25 October 1983. The U.S. and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada -
Social Security reform becomes law
designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement. -
Farm credit crises (Feb 1985)
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Embargo on Nicaragua
embargo against Nicaragua was declared by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan -
Reagan delivers his first State of the Union
ted States, Ronald Reagan, on Tuesday, February 4, 1986, at 9 p.m. EST, in the c -
South African sanctions
law enacted by the United States Congress. The law imposed sanctions against South Africa and stated five preconditions for lifting the sanctions that would essentially end the system of apartheid, which the latter was under at the time. -
Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives,” Reagan said. “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God. '”
