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Social Security reform becomes law
The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt -
Water Quality Control Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
U.S. illegally sells arms to Iran (Iran-Contra Affair)
senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran -
Fifty-two American hostages
hostages were released -
Reagan inaugurated
This was the first inauguration to be held on the building's west side. -
Spending speech (increase defense, decrease taxes)
increased defence spending, and decreased taxes and domestic spending in a speech to Congress -
Reagan shot
John Hinckley, Jr., fired his .22 calibre revolver with “devastator” bullets at the President -
Soviet grain embargo lifted
It remained in effect until Ronald Reagan ended it in 1981 upon taking the office of president. -
Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike
the Reagan administration fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers -
Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Reagan -
Military buildup (B-1 Bomber and MX missiles)
approval to build 100 MX land-based missiles and 100 B1 bombers under a $180.3 billion program to upgrade the nation's nuclear forces. -
Tax Equity and; Fiscal Responsibility Act
The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, also known as TEFRA -
Sanctions on Poland
The Polish government has announced sanctions against 50 Russian and Belarusian individuals and entities -
Reagan delivers his first State of the Union
first State of the Union address in a televised prime -
Reagan addresses Parliament in England
the first speech by an American president to a meeting of both houses of the British Parliament -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), byname Star Wars, proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks -
Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon (1983)
241 American service members who lost their lives in the bombing of a U.S. Marines Corps barracks -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada -
Farm credit crises (Feb 1985)
An agricultural bank is defined as a bank in which farm loans make up 25 per cent -
Embargo on Nicaragua
impose a trade embargo on Nicaragua -
Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland -
Democrats gain seats (Nov 1986)
Democrats won the national popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 7.7 percentage points, making a net gain of five seats. Despite Democratic congressional gains, in the gubernatorial elections, the Republican Party picked up a net of eight governorships. -
South African sanctions
a law enacted by the United States Congress. The law imposed sanctions against South Africa and stated five preconditions for lifting the sanctions that would essentially end the system of apartheid, which the latter was under at the time. -
Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honoured us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." -
Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland
The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev -
Tower Commission concludes report (1987)
concluded that CIA Director William Casey, who supported the Iran-Contra arrangement, should have taken over the operation and made the president aware of the risks and notified Congress as legally required. -
Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin (1987)
Gorbachev, tear down this wall", also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, was a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin -
Gorbachev, Reagan sign treaty (1987)
Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty in Washington, D.C. The final treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, restricting the deployment of both intermediate and short-range land-based missiles worldwide. -
Reagan prohibits abortion assistance (1988)
In the first formal step of what promises to be a major legal battle, the Reagan Administration today prohibited most of the nation's family planning clinics from providing advice or other assistance that would help women obtain abortions -
Reagan visits Soviet Union (1988)
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Moscow Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. -
Reagan says farewell
This is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the Oval Office and the last.