1980s Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Dec 2017
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Created byJahleel Murray
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Ronald Reagan becomes president of the U.S.American Hostages released in IranRonald Reagan Assassination AttemptReagan begins carrying out trickle down economicsRonald Reagan makes Star Wars speech.Ronald Reagan is re-elected in a land slide victoryFirst recorded instances of AIDS in the United States appearChallenger tragically explodes killing all Seven Astronauts on boardGeorge H. Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan in the 1988 victory over Michael DukakisSoviet Bloc dissipates as Eastern European communist nations topple one after the other.Fall of the Berlin WallAerial Offensive "Operation Desert Storm" begins.Soviet Union is officially dissolved.Periods
The 1980sReagan DoctrineIran-Contra AffairGlasnost and Perestroika (Mikhail Gorbachev)Tiananmen Square Massacre
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