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Presidency of Ronald Reagan

  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • Governors Island SummitRonald Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev on Governors Island during the final days of 1988. The date marked December 7, a time when Cold War tensions still hung…
  • Washington Summit (1987)The Washington Summit of 1987 took place on the 8th of December 10 between United States president Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • 1980 United States presidential electionThe United States entered the 1980 election cycle with a nation grappling with stagflation, a toxic mix of high inflation and stagnant economic growth.
  • Presidency of Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on the 20th of January 1981.
  • Reagan DoctrinePresident James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to establish a new boundary for American foreign policy. Theodore Roosevelt followed with his own…
  • United States invasion of GrenadaOn the 13th of March 1979, Maurice Bishop and his New Jewel Movement seized power in a nearly bloodless coup while Prime Minister Eric Gairy was temporarily…
  • 1986 United States bombing of LibyaThe United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes against Libya on the 15th of April 1986. This operation followed the West Berlin…
  • Cold War (1979–1985)The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, shattering a decade of cooperation between Washington and Moscow.
  • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyIn March 1976, the Soviet Union deployed its first RSD-10 Pioneer missile system in European territories. Western analysts called this weapon the SS-20 Saber.
  • Tear down this wall!On the 12th of June 1987, the United States president Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. This location had been a flashpoint…
  • Geneva Summit (1985)The Geneva Summit of 1985 began its planning in May 1985 when Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko approached U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz during…
  • Strategic Defense InitiativeOn the 23rd of March 1983, President Ronald Reagan stood before a national television audience and declared that nuclear weapons must be rendered impotent…
  • Moscow Summit (1988)The summit took place from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June in 1988. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met in Moscow during this period.