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)