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  2. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]

  3. Timeline of the history of the United States (1970–1989)

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    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; 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by a gunman on 8 December in New York City.

  4. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...

  5. List of presidents of the United States by other offices held

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    Became president after Kennedy's assassination, later elected to own term in 1964. Gerald Ford: Richard Nixon: 1973–1974 Became president after Nixon's resignation, lost 1976 election in bid for own term. George H. W. Bush: Ronald Reagan: 1981–1989 Incumbent vice president succeeded Reagan after winning the 1988 election: Joe Biden: Barack ...

  6. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mount St. Helens erupts, May 18, 1980; Ronald Reagan becomes the 40th president of the United States on January 20, 1981; The United States joins Multinational Force in Lebanon, August 29, 1982 – February 26, 1984 Truck bombings kill 307 in Beirut, October 23, 1983; The United States invades Grenada, October 25 – December 15, 1983

  7. Presidency of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman John B. Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.

  8. How the Biden economy compares with Jimmy Carter’s - AOL

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    As for inflation itself, it was 7.4% during Jimmy Carter’s 17th month, while it’s 8.6% at the same point in Biden’s presidency. Advantage Carter, yielding our 3-3 tie.

  9. 1980 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 1970s, the United States underwent a wrenching period of low economic growth, high inflation and interest rates, and intermittent energy crises. [4] By October 1978, Iran—a major oil supplier to the United States at the time—was experiencing a major uprising that severely damaged its oil infrastructure and greatly weakened its capability to produce oil. [5]