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Mt. St. Helens Erupts
Mt. St. Helens had erupted that killed dozens of people and caused more than $3 billion worth of damage to the town and to the forests around the mountain. -
Ronald Reagan wins the election for President
Ronald Reagan has won the election by getting 489 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor Jimmy Carter who got 49 Electoral College votes. -
Ronald Reagan survives an assassination attempt
Ronald Regan survives an assassination attempt after he had to get surgery to get the bullet out of his chest and he was discharged after several days in hospital. -
Vietnam Memorial is Built
The Vietnam Memorial was built to commemorate the people who died in the War against North Vietnam and it had more than 58,000 names that were killed in action or went missing in action. -
Ronald Reagan wins the election for President for a second term
Ronald Reagan has won the election by getting 525 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor Walter F. Mondale who got 13 Electoral College votes. -
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes during Takeoff
The Challenger Space Shuttle had exploded because of a 10 cent part that broke in the rocket boosters that caused the explosion and one of the seven people who died in the explosion was Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire school teacher. -
The U.S. signs a treaty with the Soviets to ban Intermediate Range Nuclear Missiles
The U.S. had signed a treaty with the Soviets to ban intermediate range nuclear missiles to where the U.S. had to scrap 1,752 missiles, while the Soviets had to scrap 859 missiles. -
George H.W. Bush wins the election for President
George H.W. Bush has won the election by getting 426 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor Michael S. Dukakis who got 111 Electoral College votes. -
The Berlin Wall Falls Down
The Berlin Wall falls down after thirty-eight years of restricting travel between East and West Berlin and one day later, people gathered around the wall that they than destroyed. -
The End of the Cold War
The communist party had lost its grip of power in the Soviet Union that led to the Soviet Union's collapse and it lead to the independence of Russia -
Boeing VC-25 (Air Force One)
Boeing VC-25 (Air Force One) was built to transport the President across the country or around the world and it was built to replace the Boeing 707 Presidential plane. It took the government $325 million to build the plane and it has served for about 30 years. -
YF-22 Raptor is Selected to Enter Production
The YF-22 Raptor was designed as the next stealth fighter that would enter service in the Air Force. The YF-22 Raptor program took $86.6 billion to fully complete the first two prototypes that had led to the F-22 production models that we know today. -
The Gulf War Ends
The Gulf War had officially ended the day after the Iraq military had evacuated from Kuwait after they were destroyed by the NATO military forces. -
Bill Clinton wins the election for President
Bill Clinton has won the election by getting 370 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor George H.W. Bush who got 168 Electoral College votes and his other competitor H. Ross Perot who got 0 Electoral College votes. -
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect because the U.S., Canada, and Mexico want to create a zone with tariffs on the imported goods from each country. -
Bill Clinton wins the election for President for a second term
Bill Clinton has won the election by getting 379 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor Bob Dole who got 159 Electoral College votes and his other competitor Ross Perot. who got 0 Electoral College votes. -
The Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Bill Clinton was acquitted of the charges surrounding the affair of Monica Lewinsky during his Presidency and it was a 50-50 vote over obstruction of justice. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 attacks were caused by hijackers flying several airliners into the World Trade Centers that killed 2,996 people when the two towers had collapsed and that had caused the start of the war on terrorism since terrorist attacks before 9/11, was small attacks that did not fear the American people as much as 9/11 did.
