1980
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· February 13, 1980- The 1980 Winter Olympics are held in Lake Placid New York. During the games, the U.S. amateur hockey team brought home the gold and beat the Soviet Union’s professional players. (picture on left)
· April 12, 1980-The United States Olympic Committee votes to remove their athletes from the Moscow Summer Olympics. President Carter felt that due to the involvement of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, they should not become involved in the conflict.
· April 24-25, 1980- A mid air collision during Operation Eagle Claw (an attempted rescue mission to rescue American hostages being held captive in the U.S. Embassy Iraq) results in eight Americans killed and five injured.
· May 18, 1980- Fifty-seven people are killed during the Mt. St. Helens volcanic eruption in Washington State.
· November 4, 1980- Ronald Reagan wins the Electoral vote (489 to 49) as well as the popular vote (8 million) in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson.
· April 12, 1980-The United States Olympic Committee votes to remove their athletes from the Moscow Summer Olympics. President Carter felt that due to the involvement of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, they should not become involved in the conflict.
· April 24-25, 1980- A mid air collision during Operation Eagle Claw (an attempted rescue mission to rescue American hostages being held captive in the U.S. Embassy Iraq) results in eight Americans killed and five injured.
· May 18, 1980- Fifty-seven people are killed during the Mt. St. Helens volcanic eruption in Washington State.
· November 4, 1980- Ronald Reagan wins the Electoral vote (489 to 49) as well as the popular vote (8 million) in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson.
1981
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· January 20, 1981-Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th president of the U.S.A.
· March 30, 1981- President Reagan is shot in the chest while walking to his limousine (in Washington D.C.), but survives the attempted assassination.
· April 12, 1981- Columbia (the first reusable spacecraft to be flown into orbit) is launched from Cape Canaveral by the Kennedy Space Center to complete its STS-1 mission. Two days later, it comes back from orbit. (picture on right)
· August 12, 1981- IBM introduces their very own IBM-PC personal computer, which sells for $1,565.00.
· September 21, 1981- Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court associate justice in history.
· March 30, 1981- President Reagan is shot in the chest while walking to his limousine (in Washington D.C.), but survives the attempted assassination.
· April 12, 1981- Columbia (the first reusable spacecraft to be flown into orbit) is launched from Cape Canaveral by the Kennedy Space Center to complete its STS-1 mission. Two days later, it comes back from orbit. (picture on right)
· August 12, 1981- IBM introduces their very own IBM-PC personal computer, which sells for $1,565.00.
· September 21, 1981- Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court associate justice in history.
1982
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· May 1, 1982- The Knoxville World’s Fair was opened in the spring of 1982. The event lasted for 6 months and attracted over elven million people to Tennessee. (picture on below)
· November 5, 1982- The highest unemployment rate recorded since 1940. More than eleven million were unemployed, at a rate of 10,4%.
· November 13, 1982- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is built and dedicated to Washington D.C.
· November 5, 1982- The highest unemployment rate recorded since 1940. More than eleven million were unemployed, at a rate of 10,4%.
· November 13, 1982- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is built and dedicated to Washington D.C.
1983
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· April 20, 1983- Legislation is passed and signed by President Ronald Reagan in hopes to save the Social Security System from Bankruptcy.
· June 18, 1983- Sally ride becomes the first American woman astronaut to travel into space. (picture on right)
· October 23, 1983- Two hundred and forty-one U.S. peacekeeping troops are killed in Lebanon Beirut International Airport, due to a terrorist truck bomb. Two miles away, another bomb destroys a French barrack killing forty-two.
· June 18, 1983- Sally ride becomes the first American woman astronaut to travel into space. (picture on right)
· October 23, 1983- Two hundred and forty-one U.S. peacekeeping troops are killed in Lebanon Beirut International Airport, due to a terrorist truck bomb. Two miles away, another bomb destroys a French barrack killing forty-two.
1984
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· May 12, 1984- The last world’s fair held in the United States opens along the Mississippi River waterfront in New Orleans. There were many financial troubles and very few visitors actually came.
· July 28, 1984- The 1984 summer Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles, California. Many allies of the Soviet Union do not come since U.S. athletes did not come to the 1980 Moscow games.
· November 1984- President Ronald Reagan again wins the Electoral vote (525 to 13) and is re-elected for president.
· July 28, 1984- The 1984 summer Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles, California. Many allies of the Soviet Union do not come since U.S. athletes did not come to the 1980 Moscow games.
· November 1984- President Ronald Reagan again wins the Electoral vote (525 to 13) and is re-elected for president.
1985
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· July 13, 1985- A famine relief concert (held in London and Philadelphia) raises $70 million for relief efforts in many of the African Nations.
· September 11, 1985- Pete Rose (left) beats Ty Cobb’s record for the most career hits in MLB history.
· November 19, 1985- Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan meet in a summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland. This happened to be the first time in six years those the two nations’ leaders held a meeting together.
· September 11, 1985- Pete Rose (left) beats Ty Cobb’s record for the most career hits in MLB history.
· November 19, 1985- Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan meet in a summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland. This happened to be the first time in six years those the two nations’ leaders held a meeting together.
1986
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· January 20, 1986- Martin Luther King day became an official federal holiday in the U.S.
· January 28, 1986- Christa McAuliffe (a New Hampshire school teacher) and seven other people are killed during the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Challenger STS-51-L crew on right)
· September 18, 1986- A world-wide ban on medium-range missiles is placed on both the United States and the Soviet Union.
· January 28, 1986- Christa McAuliffe (a New Hampshire school teacher) and seven other people are killed during the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Challenger STS-51-L crew on right)
· September 18, 1986- A world-wide ban on medium-range missiles is placed on both the United States and the Soviet Union.
1987
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· October 19, 1987- The stock market crashed on the New York Stock exchange (Black Monday), with a record of a 22.6% drop just in one day. Many similar crashes happened around the world.
· October 23, 1987-Robert Bork is rejected by the U.S. senate with the largest margin of rejection in U.S. history (58-42).
· December 8, 1987- Both the United States and Soviet Union sign the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This treaty dismantled all of the U.S. and Soviet Missiles in a 300-3,400 mile range.
· December 31, 1987- The El Malpais National Monument is dedicated in New Mexico to preserve a natural volcanic area that had been left from the Pueblo Indian culture.
· October 23, 1987-Robert Bork is rejected by the U.S. senate with the largest margin of rejection in U.S. history (58-42).
· December 8, 1987- Both the United States and Soviet Union sign the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This treaty dismantled all of the U.S. and Soviet Missiles in a 300-3,400 mile range.
· December 31, 1987- The El Malpais National Monument is dedicated in New Mexico to preserve a natural volcanic area that had been left from the Pueblo Indian culture.
1988
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· May 4, 1988- All amnesty applications by “illegal aliens” were due on May 4, 1988. 1.4 million applied, and about 71% of the applicants entered the U.S. from Mexico.
· President Reagan founds the Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana to help preserve “extensive earthworks” from the ancient times in America.
· November 8, 1988-Vice President, George Herbert Walker Bush (right), is elected President of the United States.
· The first genetically engineered animal is released to Harvard University.
· President Reagan founds the Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana to help preserve “extensive earthworks” from the ancient times in America.
· November 8, 1988-Vice President, George Herbert Walker Bush (right), is elected President of the United States.
· The first genetically engineered animal is released to Harvard University.
1989
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· January 6, 1989- The Labor Department indicates a growth rate of 3.8% (the highest amount in the past four years) and an unemployment rate of 5.3% (the lowest in fourteen).
· March 24, 1989- Eleven million gallons of gas spills out into the Bligh Reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound (when the Exxon Valdez hits shallow waters), and spreads over forty-five miles. This was the largest oil spill recorded in history.
· August 10, 1989-Army General, Colon Powell, becomes the first African American to be nominated to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
· November 9, 1989- Citizens begin dismantling the Berlin wall after 38 years of separating East and West Germany.
· March 24, 1989- Eleven million gallons of gas spills out into the Bligh Reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound (when the Exxon Valdez hits shallow waters), and spreads over forty-five miles. This was the largest oil spill recorded in history.
· August 10, 1989-Army General, Colon Powell, becomes the first African American to be nominated to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
· November 9, 1989- Citizens begin dismantling the Berlin wall after 38 years of separating East and West Germany.