Period 9 timeline | Timetoast Timelines

1980

Reagan is elected president

https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-9/reagan-conservatism/study-guide/bhzREq69MW1ktHbBP8hg
Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jun 1, 2025

Period 9
Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jun 1, 2025

Period 9
May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/hs-washington-state-history/mount-st-helens
1986

Iran-Contra Affair

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/iran-contra-affair
Jan 28, 1986

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

https://www.history.com/news/how-the-challenger-disaster-changed-nasa
Mar 24, 1989

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/exxon-valdez-oil-spill
1990

Internet is created

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/internet
Jan 16, 1991

Operation Desert Storm begins

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/operation-desert-storm
Dec 25, 1991

End of Cold War with collapse of the U.S.S.R

https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-9/end-cold-war/study-guide/jSK48CxJEPXM0bpeuKEg
1992

Bill Clinton is elected President

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/modern-us/1990s-america/a/bill-clinton-as-president
Feb 26, 1993

1st bombing of the WTC

https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/putting-together-fragments-investigation-1993-world-trade-center-bombing
Apr 19, 1995

OKC bombing

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=OK026
Nov 29, 1999

Battle in Seattle

https://ushistoryscene.com/article/the-battle-of-seattle/
Dec 31, 1999

Y2K

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/y2k
Dec 12, 2000

2000 Election Bush v Gore

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/bush-v-gore
Oct 7, 2001

Invasion of Afghanistan

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/afghanistan-war
Mar 19, 2003

Operation Iraqi Freedom

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-in-iraq-begins
2008

Obama is elected president
2008

The Great Recession

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/the-great-recession
Mar 23, 2010

Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") is signed into law

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/affordable-care-act-obamacare
May 2, 2011

Bin Laden killed

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/osama-bin-laden#:~:text=On%20May%202%2C%202011%2C%20under,compound%20and%20killed%20bin%20Laden.
Dec 18, 2011

Withdrawal of troops from Iraq

https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/research/topic-guides/the-iraq-war#:~:text=On%20December%2018%2C%202011%2C%20the,The%20war%20was%20incredibly%20costly.
2016

Trump becomes President (1st Time)

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/president-donald-trump
Jan 21, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html
May 25, 2020

George Floyd's death sparks nationwide protests

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-floyd-killed-by-police-officer
Aug 30, 2021

U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81