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1980

 * The Iranian hostage crisis ends with the safe return of all US captives back to the US, President Carter narrowly wins a re-election against Ronald Reagan the following week.
 * President Carter begins to aggressively push for more infrastructure spending by congress to revitalize the US economy. Much of this legislation is directed towards weening the US off of Middle Easter oil.
 * President Carter nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, she is confirmed the same year.

1981

 * The US raises the CAFE standards to 100 mpg by 1995. Automakers are taxed if they do not meet yearly emissions and milage standards.
 * President Carter's approval ratings are still not much higher than 50% overall, and remain as such for much of the year.
 * Congress passes the renewal of federal funds for medicinal marijuana.
 * The Republicans in Congress pass renewals to the tax code, lessoning the burden on businesses, and bringing mild deregulation to certain areas of public life. These reforms are led by TIP O'Neil, but are far less radical than those by Reagan in OTL.

1982

 * President Carter meets with members of the Soviet Union to begin discussing massive reductions in nuclear proliferation.
 * Chrysler begins massive weight reductions in their automobiles, and begin a switch to aluminum body vehicles.
 * Congress caps the national speed limit at 55 mph similar to that during WWII.
 * President Carter signs the Clean Energy Act of 1982, directing federal dollars towards Solar, Hydro, and Wind energy technologies.

1983

 * The recession begins to come to an end. The Infrastructure policies of President Carter put many people back to work, his approval ratings rise to 58% overall.
 * The Soviet Union and the United States begin to openly discuss ending nuclear proliferation.
 * President Carter

1984

 * President Carter makes a speech in Berlin, where at the city hall he states, "Mr. Gorbachov, please, end this madness."
 * The Soviet Union and the United States sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
 * Vice President Mondale defeats Ronald Reagan for the Presidency.

1985

 * President Carter leaves office with a 60% approval rating for his economic polices and efforts towards peace.

1988

 * President Mondale looses the 1988 election to Kansas Senator Bob Dole.
 * President Dole moderately continues to push for lower taxes as he did in the Sentate

1989

 * The Cold War ends.

1992

 * President Dole narrowly looses to Tennessee Senator Al Gore. Gore ran on a campaign of reducing the deficit and reforming healthcare. Bill Clinton is Vice President at this time.

1994

 * With a narrow Democrat majority in Congress, President Gore passes the Universal Healthcare Act.

1996

 * President Gore is re-elected over conservative columnist Pat Buchanan.

1998

 * Vice President Clinton is impeached and removed from office for lying under oath during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. This greatly damages the Gore Presidency.

2000

 * Senator John McCain of Arizona is elected the 44th President of the United States over Senator Joe Biden.

2001

 * When a report comes in regarding movements by Al Qaeda to attack the World Trade Center, president McCain orders the CIA to investigate further. The Al Qaeda high jackers are captured in Germany before they can move.

2004

 * President McCain wins a second term.

2008

 * Two term US Senator Barack Obama is elected the first African American President of the United States over Vice President Mitt Romney.