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Abortion pill
French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf for the development of mifepristone -
U. S. boycotts Olympics
the US would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. 65 countries and regions invited did not take part in the 1980 Olympics. -
Executive Order 12287
provides for the decontrol of crude oil and refined petroleum products. -
Columbia
NASA's space shuttle Columbia blasted off -
Reagan elected President
Ronald Wilson Reagan served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 -
CD player
Sony introduced the CDP-101, the first CD audio player to market, on October 1, 1982 at $900 -
Wireless Internet research
The first wireless products were under the name WaveLAN. They are the ones credited with inventing Wi-Fi. Came to light in 1991 -
Star Wars
strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks—as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. The SDI was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television -
Beirut barracks bombings
terrorist attacks that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon killed 241 US Americans -
U.S. Invasion of Grenada
Ended 12/15/1983 Ronald Reagan dispatched a heavy- fire- power invasion force to the island of Grenada, where a military coup had killed the prime minister and brought Marxists to power; demonstrated dominance of the U.S in the Caribbean -
Macintosh computer
Created by Steve Jobs was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature two old known then, but still unpopular features -
Geraldine Ferraro chosen as vice presidential
former vice president and presidential candidate Walter Mondale, seen as an underdog, selected Ferraro to be his running mate in the upcoming election. -
Congress bars military aid to contras
Congress bars further aid to contras in light of discovery that C.I.A. has been involved in mining of Nicaraguan harbors. -
Reagan defeats Walter Mondale in landslide
Reagan ran against Walter Mondale , who chose Geraldine Ferraro the 1st woman for VP. Reagan won by a landslide -
William Rehnquist
Becomes chief justice of the Supreme Court; 16 the Chief Justice until his death in 2005 -
Space Shuttle Challenger
he NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts, one payload specialist and a civilian school teacher. Broadcasted on live television -
Reagan signed INF Treaty in Moscow
Reagan and Gorbachev shake hands after signing the INF Treaty ratification during the Moscow Summit -
World Wide Web
English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web wrote the first web browser in 1990 -
Massive Alaskan oil spill by Exxon Valdez
Oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil -
Pro Democracy Movement in China
These protests were put down by government troops In response, a number of pro-democracy organizations were formed by overseas Chinese student activists, -
Oliver North convicted of Iran-contra role
his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. North is primarily remembered for his term as a National Security Council staff member during the Iran-Contra affair, -
Berlin Wall is opened
as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. -
U.S. Invasion of Panama
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Recession begins
dramatic limit in economic growth ended 1991 March -
Hubble Telescope
The world's first space telescope was then launched on; Worlds largest telescope -
Iraq invades Kuwait date
Ended 8/4/1990 iraq invades its neighbor Kuwait, because off oil production and debt repayment -
Gulf War
Ended Feb 28, 1991 The U.S. fought against Iraq when they illegally invaded Kuwait. -
Germany reunited
West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of division that began in the aftermath of World War II by reuniting to become one nation. -
U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
For U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty -
Soviet Republics declare independence
officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Bill Clinton elected President
American politician and humanitarian activist who served from 1993 to 2001 as the 42nd President of the United States. -
World Trade Center bombed
terrorists drove a truck bomb underneath the towers and detonated it killed 6 -
HDTV
made official in 1993 by the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance, a group of television, electronic equipment, communications -
NAFTA treaty
A trade agreement between North America that reduce tariffs, eliminate trade barriers, create a common market, and increase trade/investment. -
Broadcast.com
was an Internet radio company founded as AudioNet in September 1995 by Christopher Jaeb. First online radio station -
Bill Clinton re - elected President
was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election. -
MP3
developer Tomislav Uzelac of Advanced Multimedia Products invented the AMP MP3 Playback Engine, the first successful MP3 player -
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
An American political scandal involving President Bill Clinton and intern Monica Lewinsky. (inappropriate relations) -
Operation Desert Thunder
Ended Dec 22 1998 was a response to threats by Iraq's president Saddam Hussein to shoot down U-2 spy planes, and violate the no-fly zone set up over his country. -
House Judiciary Committee sends 4 articles of Impeachment
Articles of Impeachment toward Bill Clinton -
Bill Clinton is Impeached
After confessing up to the affair The house of Representatives Voted to impeach Bill Clinton, Five week impeachment trial. Dec 19, 1998 to Feb 12 1999 Charged with lying under oath -
George W. Bush
United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. George W bush vs Al Gore -
9/11
Terrorist attack Twin towers 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. -
Operation Enduring Freedom and War against Terrorism begins
in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan.
