Timeline 1980-2001

By cmorrisonrdz
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    Iran takes US Embassy Hostages

    52 American diplomats and citizens working at the embassy in Iran are taken hostages. They were held hostages for 444 days.

  • Mariel Boatlift

    This was the mass migration of Cubans into the United States. Castro gave permission to Cubans wishing to leave to emigrate into the US. Around 125,000 Cubans reached Florida.
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    Ronald Reagan

    He became the 40th President of the United States.

  • President Reagan is Shot

    President Reagan is shot in the chest John Warnock Hinckley Jr. and survives.

  • Diet in Japan

    The first U.S. President to address the Diet, which is Japan's national legislature, is President Reagan.

  • Sales to Iran

    President Ronald Reagan signed a secret order that permitted the sale of arms to Iran.
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    George Bush

    He became the 41st President of the United States.

  • The Berlin Wall Falls

    The Berlin Wall falls on November 9, 1989.

  • Germany Begins to Reunite

    Germany begins its process of reunification in 1990 after the fall of Berlin Wall.

  • Culture War

    Pat Buchanan said a speech that the United States was a suffering a culture war. According to Pat Buchanan, the United States could not decide their stand on the following topics: "abortion on demand, a litmus test for the Supreme Court, homosexual rights, discrimination against religious schools, women in combat units."
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    Bill Clinton

    He became the 42nd President of the United States.

  • President Clinton extended loan to help Mexico

    President Clinton extended a $20 billion loan to help Mexico prevent financial collapse.

  • The US Department of Justice file a lawsuit against Microsoft

    The US Department of Justice and twenty state attorneys filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for violating the Sherman Act.

  • 9/11 Attacks

    Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four American airplanes and performed suicide attacks against the US. One airplane hit the Pentagon, two exploded on the Twin Towers, and the fourth crashed on a field in Pennsylvania. 2,996 were killed including the 19 hijackers.