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Hostile negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States. The war never got "hot", in other words no bullets were fired.
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Jimmy Carter was president during this period
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U.S. citizens were held in Iran. They were released January 20 1981.
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Ronald Reagan was president during this time.
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Ronald Reagan makes his famous speech asking Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall
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George Bush was president during this time.
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The USSR dissolves, ending the Cold War.
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Bill Clinton was president during this time.
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Terrorists crashed into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon. They attempted to crash in Washington D.C., but they were diverted by the passengers.
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On a slightly less depressing note, I was also born on 9/11.