991, Albania and the USA restored diplomatic relations after a gap of 52 years.
4/3/1991, Vermont celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
12/12/1990, US President George Bush agreed to send US$ 1,000 million food aid to the Soviet Union.
30/11/1990, US President George Bush proposed a US-Iraq meeting to avoid war.
21/11/1990. A declaration of the end of the Cold War was signed in Paris.
16/11/1990, Manuel Noriega claimed the US had denied him a fair trial.
15/11/1990, President Bush signed the Clean Air Act 1990.
5/8/1990. 200 US Marines arrived in Liberia to rescue US citizens caught in the civil war there.
29/5/1990, Rhode Island celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
23/5/1990, Rocky Graziano, US middle-weight champion boxer, died
15/4/1990, Greta Garbo died in New York, after some 50 years of living a reclusive life after her 1940s Hollywood fame.
26/1/1990, Lewis Mumford, US historian (born 19/10/1895) died.
3/1/1990, Noriega surrendered to US law enforcement; he was flown to Miami and indicted on drugs charges.
30/12/1989, The US and the Vatican were negotiating over ending the refuge of ex-dictator Manuel Noriega, who had fled to the Vatican Embassy in Panama City to avoid capture and extradition to the USA. At one stage the US lost patience and played rock music at full volume outside the Embassy continuously from loudspeakers erected by the US forces.
24/12/1989, Deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega gave himself up to the Papal Nuncio in Panama City, having dodged US troops trying to capture him.
21/12/1989. The USA invaded Panama and ousted General Noriega. Noriega sought refuge in the Vatican Mission, where he remained until 3/1/1990. He then surrendered to US forces.
12/12/1989, New York heiress Leona Helmsley was fined US$ 7 million and sentenced to 4 years prison for tax evasion. She had said “only little people pay taxes”.
21/11/1989, North Carolina celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
14/9/1989, US performed a nuclear test at Nevada.
5/7/1989, (1) In the US, Colonel Oliver North was fined US$ 150,000 and given a suspended prison sentence for his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
(2) The TV series Seinfeld began.
14/6/1989, Ronald Reagan was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth.
20/4/1989, A gun turret on US battleship Iowa exploded, killing 47 sailors.
24/3/1989, US Congress agreed to renew a US$ 40 million aid programme for the Right-wing Contra rebels fighting the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua. Funding ceased due to the Iran-Contra scandal.
14/3/1989, In the USA, the Bush administration announced a ban on the import of semi-automatic assault rifles.
3/3/1989, Robert McFarlane was fined $20,000, plus two years’ probation, for his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
23/2/1989, The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee rejected, 11–9, President Bush's nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense.
22/2/1989, Death of Aldo Jacuzzi, American manufacturer of the eponymous baths.
20/1/1989. George Herbert Walker Bush was sworn in as 41st US President.
30/12/1988, In the USA, Colonel Oliver North subpoenaed Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush to testify in the Iran-Contra trial.
6/12/1988, US rock star Roy Orbison died of a heart attack, aged 52.
26/7/1988, New York celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
25/6/1988, Virginia celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
21/6/1988, New Hampshire celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
23/5/1988, South Carolina celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
7/5/1988, Boston saw the first meeting of people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens.
6/2/1988, Massachusetts celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
3/2/1988, In the USA, the Democrat-controlled House of Democrats rejected President Reagan’s request for US$36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
9/1/1988, Connecticut celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
2/1/1988, Georgia celebrated the 200th anniversary of its statehood.
18/12/1987¸ New Jersey celebrated the 200th anniversary of its stateh