End of the Century

Marines in Lebanon

Oct 23, 1983

Bombing in a Marine Compound in Beirut, Lebanon

Iran-Contra Scandal

Aug 20, 1985

Iran-contra affair, in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan.

George H. W. Bush

Jan 20, 1989

George H. W. Bush was elected.

Fall of Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, 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.

Bill Clinton

Jan 20, 1993

Bill Clinton was elected.