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Former california governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election with a huge number of votes. While he was in office, the Soviet Union went from being a superpower bent on global domination to a third rate power. HISTORICAL EVENTS Discovery of the Titanic The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912 in the Atlantic Shipwreck Ocean.
Former california governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election with a huge number of votes. While he was in office, the Soviet Union went from being a superpower bent on global domination to a third rate power. HISTORICAL EVENTS Discovery of the Titanic The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912 in the Atlantic Shipwreck Ocean.
Former california governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election with a huge number of votes. While he was in office, the Soviet Union went from being a superpower bent on global domination to a third rate power. HISTORICAL EVENTS Discovery of the Titanic The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912 in the Atlantic Shipwreck Ocean.
the election with a huge number of votes. Reagan had 44 states on his side and got 489 votes to win the election. Reagan won 50.7% of the popular votes. In the 1984 the economy got much better then what it used to be. While he was in office, the Soviet Union went from being a superpower bent on global domination to a third rate power. Most gave credit to Reagan for the changes that happened. Reagan met with the Electoral College on December 15, 1980. Reagan was right behind Carter in the polls. On October 26 Carter was at 47% and Ronald Reagan at 39%. Reagans votes sky rocketed and in a week the Associated Press reported that the race was very close but not close enough.
First Woman Appointed to the U.S.
Supreme Court -1981 On July 7, 1981, President Ronald
Reagan nominated Sandra Day
O'Connor to be the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. On September 21, the Senate said O'Connor's votes were 99 for and with non against her. September 25, 1981, O'Connor was officially sworn in For over two decades she served . On January 31, 2006, Samuel Alito was sworn in to take O'Connor's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
HISTORICAL EVENTS
Discovery of the Titanic
The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912 in the Atlantic Shipwreck Ocean
It was there for over 70 years before its wreckage was
discovered On September 1, 1985, an expedition made by the Americans and the French found the Titanic over 2 miles below the oceans surface by using a Argo which is a unmanned submersible. Only three days after leaving the Titanic struck because an iceberg cut a hole on the sides on April 14, 1912. It took the ship over two and a half hours to sink but many died because their wasnt many lifeboats to hold them. The lifeboats could have held over 1,100 people but only 705 people were saved, 1,500 died that night. People around the world were shocked when they heard that the unsinkable Titanic had sunk. They wanted to know what happened. Yet, no one was sure exactly where the Titanic had sunk.
Immigration
In the 1980s immigration policies were changed when the
government granted amnesty to illegal aliens because people were still going to cross the boarder anyways. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was passed for the first time people of other racial backgrounds could find jobs and be hired IRCA had to give amnesty to about 1,000,000 workers in the country illegally amnesty for about 3,000,000 immigrants already in the United States was granted (fact) Legal Mexican immigrant family numbers were 2,198,000 in 1980, 4,289,000 in 1990 and 7,841,000 in 2000. Adding in another 12,000,000 illegal immigrants of which about 80% are thought to be Mexicans would bring the Mexican family total to over 16,000,000about 16% of the Mexican population
Reagan Announces Defense Plan
Called Wars On MarchStar 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed
the development of the technology to intercept enemy
nuclear missiles. It was called the S.D.I. was dubbed Star Wars by its critics The technology President Reagan purposed was unrealistic to many The Times said White House officials said the new program might involve lasers, microwave devices, particle beams and projectile beams. These devices, most of which are in a very early stage of development, in theory could be directed from satellites, airplanes or landbased installations to shoot down missiles in the air. President Reagans did not clear his speech with the pentagon. Critics wondered if the government would really make such technology. It was called Star Wars, because it sounded like something out of a science fiction movie, also because the announcement came just weeks after President Reagans Evil Empire speech The S.D.I. program was reorganized in the 1990s to focus on ballistic missile defense Many Americans believed it could be built, at least the optimistic ones did
John Lennon Assassinated
(December 8, 1980)
Right after Reagans election a fan named Mark David
Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside his New York home. He was dead by time the police got to the scene Lennons death spelled the end of the period culturally The former Beatles wife, Yoko Ono, has continued to release his material which serves to both satisfy the desire for more John, but also remind fans what was lost. The first media report of Lennon's death to a US national audience was announced by Howard Cosell, on ABC's Monday Night Football. People gathered at the Roosevelt hospital to morn his death