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1979 – The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs, America's most catastrophic nuclear power plant accident in its history. 1979 – The Iran hostage crisis begins. In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time.
The Cold War from 1979 to 1985, was a late phase of the Cold War marked by a sharp increase in hostility between the Soviet Union and the West.It arose from a strong denunciation of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.
Events from the year 1985 in the ... in the worst ever landslide in North American history. October 15 – In separate events, ... from 1946 till 1979. (b. ...
This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
The events of the battle were gathered in the book Black Hawk Down, which was later adapted to a movie of the same name. 1993 : Macedonia: On July 9, 1993, President Clinton reported the deployment of 350 U.S. soldiers to the Republic of Macedonia to participate in the UN Protection Force to help maintain stability in the area of former Yugoslavia.
December 1, 1978 to February 28, 1979 [ edit ] This is the coldest winter over the contiguous US since at least 1895 with a mean temperature of 26.62 °F or −2.99 °C as against an 1895/1896 to 1973/1974 seasonal mean of 31.94 °F or −0.03 °C. [ 7 ]
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. 1985 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the Ethiopian famine ; reductions of up to 70 percent in the ozone column observed in the austral (southern hemispheric ...