U.S. History by Year, 1980-1999 - Statistics

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Year Hint Answer % Correct
1987 Ronald Reagan tells Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" in this city Berlin
98%
1983 This musician performs the moonwalk for the first time Michael Jackson
97%
1990 This president raises taxes after previously promising "no new taxes" George H.W. Bush
93%
1991 The Cold War officially ends when the government in this nation dissolves Soviet Union
93%
1997 James Cameron releases this romantic disaster film, one of the highest grossing of all time Titanic
93%
1994 This football star is put on trial as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend O.J. Simpson
92%
1985 This time travel movie starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd is released Back to the Future
91%
1998 During his impeachment trial, Bill Clinton claims he "did not have sexual relations" with this woman Monica Lewinsky
90%
1996 This rapper is killed after being shot in a drive-by in Las Vegas Tupac Shakur
90%
1992 Riots break out in this city after the police officers who beat Rodney King are acquitted Los Angeles
85%
1981 The CDC releases the first reports of this disease AIDS
83%
1986 This Space Shuttle explodes after launch, killing it's entire crew Challenger
83%
1999 12 students and one teacher die after two teenagers shoot up this Littleton, Colorado high school Columbine
82%
1995 Timothy McVeigh kills 168 people when he blows up a federal building in this city Oklahoma City
73%
1980 57 people die when this volcano erupts in Washington Mount St. Helens
71%
1993 An ATF raid on the Branch Davidian compound in this city leads to a 51 day siege Waco
64%
1989 The Exxon Valdez spills thousands of barrels of oil after running aground in this state Alaska
60%
1988 178 Americans die when a plane is blown up by Libyan terrorists over this country Scotland
55%
1984 This candidate loses in the largest electoral college landslide to Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
50%
1982 The Supreme Court decides this company is a monopoly and has it broken up AT&T
41%
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