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Jimmy Carter Elected President
Jimmy Carter -a democrat from Georgia- wins the 1976 presidential election over his opponent Gerald Ford (republican). -
Iran Hostages Released
52 American hostages are released minutes after Ronald Reagan took office as the 40th President of the United States. They are released by the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captivity. This event marked the end of the Iran Hostage Crisis, which had begun on November 4, 1979. -
Original U.S.A. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
The 1992 U.S. men's basketball team that competed in the Barcelona Olympics. This team was made up of Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and John Stockton. -
World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks
Several of the US's most important buildings are the targets of terrorist attacks led by Islamic extremist group al Qaeda—founded by Osama bin Laden—hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and crashed them into the buildings.