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Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education was created to guarantee equal access to education and educational excellence throughout the nation. -
Refugee Education Assistance Act
President Jimmy Carter signed the act to bring thousands of Cuban and small number of Haitian refugees to Florida for better education. -
Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan
Attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, 69 days into his presidency as he was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C., Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. -
IBM Computer
IBM introduces its PC (personal computer) with Model 5150 operating on system MS-DOS. -
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Conner became the first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court at the age of 51 years old. -
Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC
After a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans, the V-shaped black granite wall inscribed with 57,939 names of American who died in conflict, arranged in order of death, not by ranking. -
Columbia College Begins Admitting Women
Women were allowed to enroll in Columbia College as undergraduates making it the last Ivy League school to become coeducational. -
Public Law 105-332, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act
This law was passed with the goal to increase the quality of vocational- technical education in the U.S. -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows 1.0, first independent version of Windows to introduce the internet and interactive media platform. -
President George H. Bush Joined Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, then Governor of Arkansas, held the first National Education Summit in Charlottesville, Virginia to establish education goals for the nation. -
Public Law 101-476, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA was put into place to change the terminology from handicap to disability, and adding additional services to the eligibility list (autism, etc). -
Smart-Board
SMART technologies introduced the first interactive whiteboard. -
Soviet Union Collapse
The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time in Kremlin, replacing it was the Russian tricolor. -
U.S. President Clinton Impeachment
Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representative with two charges; perjury and obstruction of justice. -
Columbine High School Shooting
Killing spree lead by two students leaving 15 dead and 23 wounded in Littleton, Colorado. Making this shooting the nations' deadliest school shooting incident. -
Goals 2000
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9/11 Terrorists Hijacking
Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jet airlines on the morning of 9/11. Two crashed into the twin towers in New York City and another into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed in a rural area of Pennsylvania as passengers overtook the hijackers. Total of 2976 victims and 19 terrorist were killed.
