Reagan Administration
Events (113)
- After January 20, 1981: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Marginalized in New Administration 1981-01-20
- January 28, 1981: Reagan Officials Planning to Sell Arms to Iran 1981-01-28
- June 6-9, 1981: Israeli Prime Minister Begin Alerts US Televangelist to Impending Strike against Iraqi Nuclear Reactor 1981-06-06
- May 20, 1982: National Security Directive Mandates ‘Capability to Sustain Protracted Nuclear Conflict’ 1982-05-20
- June 30, 1982: FEMA Memo Outlines Standby Martial Law Doctrine 1982-06-30
- September 1, 1983: Soviets Shoot down Korean Airlines Passenger Plane, Sparks International Crisis 1983-09-01
- September 29, 1983: USSR: No Possibility of Improvement in US-Soviet Relations 1983-09-29
- November 20, 1983: Television Movie about Nuclear Holocaust Has Profound Impact on President Reagan, Viewers 1983-11-20
- December 15, 1983: ’Operation Staunch’ Discourages Other Nations from Selling Weapons to Iran 1983-12-15
- December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support 1983-12-20
- February 13, 1984: Future Supreme Court Justice Says Presidential Papers Should Remain Secret 1984-02-13
- March 26, 1984: Rumsfeld, Aziz Discuss Aqaba Oil Pipeline 1984-03-26
- May 16, 1984: Future Supreme Court Justice Says President Should Retain Control over National Archives 1984-05-16
- August 2, 1984: Attorney General Objects to FEMA Martial Law Plans 1984-08-02
- September 25, 1984: Standby Legislation Would Suspend Constitution, Allow FEMA Takeover 1984-09-25
- October 1, 1984-October 13, 1993: US Allows Firms to Sell Chemical, Biological Agents to Iraq 1984-10-01
- October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
- November 26, 1984: US Restores Diplomatic Relations with Iraq 1984-11-26
- April 19, 1985 and After: Prominent Neoconservative Becomes Influential State Department Official 1985-04-19
- May 3, 1985: Neoconservative NSC Consultant Tells Israel that US Supports Arms Sales to Iran 1985-05-03
- May 5, 1985: Officials Admit ‘Reagan Doctrine’ of Backing Anti-Soviet Insurgencies; Others Later Dispute Existence of Thought-Out ‘Doctrine’ 1985-05-05
- July 8, 1985: Reagan Compares Iran to ‘Murder Incorporated’ While White House Prepares to Sell Arms to Iran 1985-07-08
- September 4, 1985: State Department Official Learns of North’s Illegal Funding of Contras, Tasked to ‘Monitor’ North 1985-09-04
- September 15, 1985: First Arms-for-Hostage Deal with Iran Completed 1985-09-15
- October 2, 1985 and After: After Actor’s Death, Reagan Administration Calls AIDS Research ‘Top Priority,’ but Actually Cuts Funding 1985-10-02
- October 30, 1985: 500 More Anti-Tank Missiles Shipped to Iran 1985-10-30
- December 4, 1985: National Security Adviser McFarlane Resigns 1985-12-04
- February 16-17, 1986: US Sends Missiles to Iran Via Israel 1986-02-16
- February 27, 1986: US Sends Another Shipment of Missiles to Iran 1986-02-27
- April 4, 1986: North Diverts $12 Million in Iran Arms Sales Profits to Contras 1986-04-04
- April 11, 1986: Cheney Defends White House’s Unilateral Decision to Bomb Libya 1986-04-11
- April 30, 1986: Meese Report Creates Unitary Executive Theory 1986-04-30
- May 16, 1986: Reagan Asks about Private Funding for Contras 1986-05-16
- May 23-24, 1986: US Sends More Missiles to Iran 1986-05-23
- June 16, 1986: Congress Approves $100 Million for Contras 1986-06-16
- July 23, 1986: CIA Director Casey Plots to Break Stalled Arms-for-Hostages Deal 1986-07-23
- July 28-August 3, 1986: Vice President Bush Secretly Pressures Hussein to Escalate Air Strikes Into Iran 1986-08-03
- July 28-August 3, 1986: Vice President Bush Meets with Middle East Leaders to Pressure Iran in Hostage Negotiations 1986-08-03
- August 4, 1986: US Sends Iran Missile Parts 1986-08-04
- October 5, 1986: CIA Transport Plane Shot Down in Nicaragua; Story Reveals Illegal Contra-Arms Program 1986-10-05
- November 3, 1986: Lebanese Newspaper Reveals US Arms Sales to Iran, Beginning Iran/Contra Affair Scandal 1986-11-03
- November 10, 1986 and After: Reagan, Officials Decide to Deny Iran-Contra Arms Allegations 1986-11-10
- November 21-23, 1986: North, NSC Officials Destroy Evidence 1986-11-21
- December 1, 1986: Reagan Authorizes Tower Commission 1986-12-01
- May 5, 1987: Iran-Contra Committee Begins Public Hearings 1987-05-05
- May 5, 1987: Secord Names Casey, CIA and State Department Officials as Co-Conspirators 1987-05-05
- October 18, 1987: US Risks Being Drawn into War with Iran, Warns Senate 1987-10-18
- November 18, 1987: Iran-Contra Committee Issues Final Majority Report 1987-11-18
- September 8, 1988: Reagan Administration Kills Bill to Punish Iraq for Genocide 1988-09-08
- March 24, 1993: Attorney General Asks for Resignations of All US Attorneys 1993-03-24