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The 5.8 M w Livermore earthquake shakes the East Bay area of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This first event in a doublet earthquake is followed two days later by a 5.4 M w shock. Total financial losses from the events is $11.5 million.
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The Rust Belt is highlighted on the above map in red. US unemployment rate, 1973–1993. By early 1982, Reagan's economic program was beset with difficulties as the recession that had begun in 1979 continued. In the short term, the effect of Reaganomics was a soaring budget deficit.
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1980 – The Refugee Act is signed into law, reforming United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons; 1980 – The Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington on 18 May kills 57. 1980 – U.S. presidential election, 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president, with George H. W. Bush elected vice president
By 1980 and the seizure of the American Embassy in Iran, including a failed rescue attempt by U.S. armed forces, there was a growing sense of national malaise. The period closed with the victory of conservative Republican Ronald Reagan , opening the " Age of Reagan " with a dramatic change in national direction. [ 1 ]
Map submitted to Post Office Department showing rail lines and river (c. 1885) 1887 Peak of 1880s Southern California real estate boom; many towns laid out. [1] Los Angeles Athletic Club incorporated. April 20 – Occidental College founded. [1] Pomona incorporated in Los Angeles County. [1] 1888 Land boom collapses. [1] Southern Pacific's ...