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Bosnia - Iraq - Afghanistan

1975 - 1989

 1975 Margaret chosen as Conservative leader
1976 Concorde flies for first time
1977 Palestinians hijack German airliner
1978 Jim Jones followers commit mass suicide
1979 Ayatolla Khomeini returns to Iran
1980 Start of Iran-Iraq War
1981 Iran releases American hostages after 444 days
1982 Italy wins World Cup in Spain
1983 Sally Ride is first American woman in space
1984 Suicide bomber hits US embassy in Lebanon capital
1985 Boris Becker youngest Wimbledon champ
1986 Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear plant
1987 Fox Broadcasting makes prime-time premier
1988 Benazir Bhutto elected woman leader of Pakistan
1989 Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan 

1990 - 1999

 1990 East, West Germany reunite
1991 Lech Walesa elected president of Poland
1992 Disney park opens in Europe
1993 Feds raid Branch Davidian compound in Waco
1994 3.3 million year old skull found in Ethiopia
1995 Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway
1996 Tragedy at Dunblane, Scotland
1997 China resumes control of Hong Kong from British
1998 Hurricane Mitch strikes central America
1999 Barbie Doll celebrates 40th birthday 

2000 - Present

2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia
2001 Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic   arrested
2002 Nigeria's Miss World riots
2003 Last old style VW Beetle comes off assembly   line
2004 Martha Stewart get five month prison sentence
2005 German bishop named new Pope

2006 North Korea tests first nuclear weapon
2007 Airbus crash in Brazil kills passengers and   crew
2008 China Sichuan earthquake kills tens of   thousands
2009 The Great Solar Eclipse 

2010 World's tallest building opens in Dubai
2011 85 killed at summer camp near Oslo, Norway 

2012 Denmark approves same-sex marriage
2013 Affordable Health Care Act becomes unaffordable
2014 Obama changes Affordable Care Act for political   reasons
2015 The Rise of ISIS
2016 The Election Year
2017 President Trump withdraws from Trans-Pacific   Partnership 

2018 Parkland H.S. shooter charged with 17 counts of   murder
2019 Two year investigation finds no collusion   between Trump and Russia
2020 Leftwing Violence Scars the Country

2021 Election Democrats Caught Cheating in Election

2022 Biden Administration Ruins US Economy

Supplemental Information For This Era

  

Bosnian War - Unknown to many, the United States has sent troops to protect Muslims in this region, plus Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

Bosnian Civil War
Bosnian War - Wikipedia
20 Years Later

Images of Military Ranks
US Bicentennial
Images of Viet Nam Protests
Images of US Embassy
Takeover 1979
 

the Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom

Under George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, American troops entered Iraq. The first conflict I agreed with, the second I did not.

Saddam Hussein and Iraq
Desert Storm
Democracy in Iraq
The Gulf War - PBS
The History Guy on the Gulf War
Years Later

Norman Schwarzkopf
Images of the Gulf War
Maps of Desert Storm

War in Afghanistan
After America witnessed planes flying into the twin towers, the pentagon and into a Pennsylvania field, someone needed a butt kickin'. We are still there fighting.

Afghanistan
The Taliban
The History Guy on the Afghan War
9-11 Timeline
War in Afghanistan
Troop drawdown in Afghanistan
Images of 9-11

Images of Afghan War
Shia versus Sunni Muslims
Islam Background
 Military Installations Worldwide

Non-Citizens Expansion

Estimates for people illegally living in the United States are from 11 million to 30 million

Impeachment

Donald Trump becomes the 3rd President to be Impeached but the first not impeached due to committing a crime

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