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United States History 1980-2001

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  • US Hockey

    US Hockey
    The United States hockey team won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. This was a crucial win, because the Soviets had won gold the previous four consecutive times. This United States defeated the Soviet team before winning the gold medal against Finland. This was more than just a hockey game, it gave hope to the entire country.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader. Gorbachev is the only Soviet leader that lived through WWII as a child. He allows subsidiaries to leave the communist regime. Gorbachev ultimately signs peace treaties with America in 1987. The Soviet Union falls under his rule.

  • Challenger Explodes

    Challenger Explodes
    The Challenger space shuttle exploded killing all seven of her crew members. Included in the crew was 37 year old Christa McAuliffe, a high-school history teacher that had been selected out of 11,000 applicants in the Teacher in Space Program.

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
    The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the fall of the iron curtain and the beginning of the end of Communist rule in Eastern Europe.

  • Operation Desert Storm Start Announced

    Operation Desert Storm Start Announced
    Operation Desert Storm was the combat part of the Gulf War. President Bush announced the start of this conflict on January 16, 1991, after Iraq refused to withdraw from Kuwait.

  • War

    War
    Osama bin Laden declares a holy war against Americans living in the Arabian Peninsula.

  • Chemical Weapons Convention

    Chemical Weapons Convention
    The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into action and outlaws production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons among its members.

  • I Was Born

    I Was Born
    It all started on March 7th, 2001, when Ruth Cartwright was born in Katakada, India...

  • 911

    911
    The Twin Towers in New York City were demolished in this terrorist attack. Four passenger planes were hijacked during the course of the day with the pilots each targeting a major building. Two attacked the Twin Towers, one crashed into the Pentagon, and another was crashed in Stoneycreek Township, Pennsylvania, after the citizens on the plane took over the hijackers. The United States responded to this attack by declaring war on terrorism.