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JIMMY CARTER ELECTED PRESIDENT
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CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
POLITICAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER -
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IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
52 AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN -
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SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR
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IRAQ INVADES IRAN
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RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
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ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
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SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 241 MARINES IN BEIRUT
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OPERATION URGENT FURY
RESULTED FROM THE HOUSE ARREST AND EXECUTION OF MAURICE BISHOP AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL -
RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM
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IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
SECRET SALE OF ARMS TO ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN WHO WERE UNDER AN ARMS EMBARGO TO FUND THE CONTRAS IN NICARAGUA -
GENEVA SUMMIT
MEETING BETWEEN REAGAN AND GORBACHEV ON INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND THE ARMS RACE -
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986
LOWERED FED INC TAX RATE, DECREASED THE NUMBER OF TAX BRACKETS, REDUCED THE TOP TAX RATE FROM 50% TO 28% AND EXPANDED EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, THE STANDARD DEDUCTION, AND THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION -
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986
MADE IT ILLEGAL TO HIRE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KNOWINGLY, ALSO LEGALIZED MOST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY PRIOR TO JANUARY 1 1982 -
TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
REAGAN'S SPEECH AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE CHALLENGE GORBACHEV -
INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY
AGREEMENT TO ELIMINATE THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE AND SHORTER RANGE MISSILES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION -
CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988
GRANTED REPARATIONS TO JAPANESE AMERICANS INTERNED DURING WORLD WAR II -
GEORGE H.W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT
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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BECOMES GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION
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OPENING OF THE BERLIN WALL
HEAD OF THE EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST PARTY ANNOUNCED CITIZENS OF GDR COULD CROSS WHENEVER THEY CHOSE -
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OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
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IRAQ INVADES KUWAIT LEADING TO THE 1ST GULF WAR
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GERMAN UNIFICATION
THE CULMINATION OF THE EFFORTS TO REUNIFY GERMANY AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL -
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OPERATION DESERT STORM
COMBAT PHASE OF THE 1ST GULF WAR -
THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION
GORBACHEV RESIGNS, DECLARES THE OFFICE OF THE GEN SEC EXTINCT AND THE SOVIET UNION CEASED TO EXIST -
BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT
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WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING BY RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP AL-QAEDA
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CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 187
SAVE OUR STATE INITIATIVE FOR STATE RUN CITIZENSHIP SCREENING PROHIBITING ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM USNING NON-EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OTHER STATE SERVICES -
BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM
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AL QAEDA BOMBING OF AMERICAN EMBASSIES
IN NAIROBI, KENYA, AND TANZANIA -
OPERATION INFINITE REACH
LAUNCH OF CRUISE MISSILES ON AL QAEDA BASES IN AFGHANISTAN IN RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBINGS -
OPERATION DESERT FOX
BOMBING CAMPAIGN ON IRAQ BY THE US AND UK FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH UN RESOLUTIONS -
BILL CLINTON ACQUITTED OF ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
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GEORGE W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT
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ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON
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OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
US GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM