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here are some events that happened on every even year from 1982 to 2004.
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A Timeline of U.S History
1982
2004
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1984 20001996
1998 2002
Darius Singleton
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1982
• Michael Jackson released ThrillerThriller the biggest selling album
• John Belushi died of drug poisoning
• Equal Right amendment failed ratification
• First artificial heart implanted in a human
1984
• The Bell System was broken up
• Thirty-ninth democratic convention
• Thirty-third democratic convention
• Captured U.S troops are let go– Lieut. Robert C. Goodman Jr.
1986
• U.S Supreme court bans bias racism in U.S courts
• Abortion rights reaffirmed
• Secret Initiative to send Iraq firearms to use in war
• Space Shuttle Challenger Explode
1988• Republican sweep 40 states in elections
• Republican convention nominates George Bush as president
• U.S and Canada free trade agreement
• First Female prime minister
• Ship destroys jet after thinking it was an airliner kills 290 people
1990• Communist end 45 years of power
• East and West Germany Reunited
• South Africa releases Nelson Mandela
• Hubble Space Telescope launches
• Iraq troops invade Kuwait causing the Persian Gulf War
1992
• Prince and Princess of Wales separate
• Yugoslav federation broken up
• Police accused of Rodney King beating
• Bill Clinton elected president
• Cold War ended
1994
• Major earthquake in L.A
• Four convicted in World Trade Bombing
• South Africa holds first interracial election
• Jordan and Israel make peace
• G.O.P wins hold of both senate and house
1996
• Clinton resumes many U.S government operations
• Ella Fitzgerald dies
• The first year of the deadly cow disease
• Texaco settle racist bias law suit
• Republican convention opens in San Diego
1998
• Clinton orders air strikes on Iraq
• First Balanced budget in 30 years
• Thousands dead in Afghanistan earthquake
• U.S embassy’s were bombed
• World Trade bomber sentenced to life
2000• “I Love You” virus kills computers nationwide
• 190 killed in U.S army ship bombing
• Iraq believed to resume missile program
• Concord crashes kills 113 near Paris
• Democratic convention selects Al Gore as nominated vice president
2002
• President Bush’s first state of address
• Hundreds die in Hindu-Muslim clash
• North Korea named “axis of evil’
• Dirty bomb plot of the World Trade
• One year anniversary for the World Trade Center killings
2004
• Hurricane Ivan ravages U.S south
• Republican convention nominated Bush for 2nd term
• 380 tons of explosives missing from the U.S base
• Missile test failed
• First year of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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