1972
Phyllis Schlafly founds The Eagle Forum, a grassroots conservative
think tank
1975
Vietnam War ends; farmworkers win the right to bargain collectively
with agricultural growers
1976
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States
1978
Camp David Accords signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin
1979
A coup d'etat, led by the Sandinistas, removes the Somoza Regime
from power in Nicaragua, establishing a left-leaning government with
broad socialist principles; Shareda Hosein joins the U.S. Army
1980
Ronald Reagan elected president of the United States
1981
President Ronald Reagan breaks the air traffic controllers' strike;
assassination attempt on President Reagan’s life
1984
Ronald Reagan reelected president of the United States
1987
Iran-Contra Affair becomes public
1988
Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected president of the
United States
1989
The Berlin Wall falls, ending communist rule in East Germany; Tulio
Serrano arrives in the United States, seeking political asylum from the
brutal civil war in his home country of El Salvador
1990
Sandinistas are removed from power in the Nicaragua; Tulio Serrano
founds C.R.E.C.E. (Central American Refugee Committee), a non-profit
organization helping provide food, shelter, and basic necessities for
political refugees from Central America
1992
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is elected president of the United States
1994
House Speaker Newt Gingrich unveils the Republican party's
"Contract with America"
1996
President Bill Clinton is reelected president of the United States
2000
The Supreme Court of the United States awards George W. Bush the
presidency over Vice President Al Gore after a series of heated court
battles in the state of Florida
2001
Al Qaeda, a terrorist group based in Afghanistan, attacks the
World Trade Center towers in New York City
2003
The United States invades Iraq, purportedly in response to the
Al Qaeda terrorist attack on New York City
2005
Shareda Hosein is denied Ecclesiastical Endorsement, seeking to
become the first female Muslim chaplain in the United States Army
