1981
March 30-Assassination attempt by John W. Hinckley, Jr.
July 20-21-Economic Summit, Ottawa
August 13-Economic Recovery Tax Act
September 21-Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as Justice of the Supreme Court.
1982
June 5-6-Economic Summit, Versailles
1983
May 28-30-Economic Summit, Williamsburg, Virginia
October 25-U.S. invasion of Granada
1983
June 7-9-Economic Summit, London
November 19-21-Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, Geneva.
1986
May 4-6-Economic Summit, Tokyo.
September 17-William Rehnquist confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Antonin Scalia confirmed as Justice of the Supreme Court.
October 10-11-Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, Reykjavik
October 22-Tax Reform Act
November 6-Immigration Reform and Control Act
1987
June 8-10-Economic Summit, Venice.
December 8-Reagan and Gorbachev sign the Intermediate Nuclear
Force (INF) Treaty at the Summit in Washington, DC.
December 8-10-Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Washington, DC.
1988
February 3-Anthony Kennedy confirmed as Justice of the Supreme Court.
May 29-June 2-Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Moscow. The leaders exchanged ratifications of the INF Treaty.
June 19-21-Economic Summit, Toronto.
September 28-U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
November 18-Anti-Drug Abuse Act
December 7-Final meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev.