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census of 1980
shows a population on the US of 226,542,203 an 11.4% increase since 1970 -
reagan elected 40th president
The inauguration of Ronald Reagan (R) as the 40th president of the United States occurs in Washington, D.C. He brought back national pride back to the country after the hard times of the 60's and 70's. He also survived an assassin's bullet. -
windows operating system
the first version of windows operating system for computers is released -
MLK day
Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States. -
cold war ends12
George w bush declares the cold war to be over -
USSR is dissolved
the cold war officially ends when the USSR is dissolved -
Oklahoma city bombing
Anarchists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols explode a bomb outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 168 people were killed including 19 children under the age of 6. It was the worst tragedy on US soil before 9/11. -
Columbine Massacre
Fourth deadliest school shooting in US history. Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, leaves 14 students and 1 teacher dead including 2 shooters and 23 others wounded. -
George Bush inaugurated as 43rd prsident
Certification of the Electoral College victory of the 2000 United States Presidential election in the U.S. Senate confirms George W. Bush's victory, with Dick Cheney as his Vice-President. He was in office on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked America.