1980-1990
- 1982
- Equal Rights Amendment dies
- CIA Organizes contra war against Nicaragua's Sandinista government
- 1983
- 239 U.S. Marines die in Beirut terrorist attack
- U.S. Invasion of Grenada
- Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
- 1984
- Geraldine Ferraro chosen as vice presidential running mate on Democratic ticket
- Reagan defeats Walter Mondale in landslide
- Congress bars military aid to contras
- 1986
- William Rehnquist becomes chief justice of the Supreme Court
- Antonin Scalia joins the Supreme Court
- 1988
- Oliver North, John Poindexter, and other Iran-contra figures indicted
- Reagan signs INF Treaty in Moscow
- George Herbert Walker Bush elected President
- Anthony Kennedy joins the Supreme Court
- 1989
- Oliver North convicted of Iran-contra role
- Massive Alaskan oil spill by Exxon Valdez
- U.S. Invasion of Panama; Manuel Noriega overthrown
- China's rulers crush prodemocracy movement
- Berlin Wall is opened
- 1990
- Iraq invades Kuwait
- Recession begins
- Germany reunited; Soviet troops start withdrawal from Eastern Europe
- David H. Souter joins the Supreme Court
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Aboukhadijeh, Feross. "1980-1990" StudyNotes.org. Study Notes, LLC., 17 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2024. <https://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/timelines/1980-1990/>.
