U.S. History by Year, 1980-1999

Based on the clues, guess these American related things that happened in each year.

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

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