1985 First summit meeting takes place between
President Reagan and Soviet premier Gorbachev
1986
Second summit meeting takes place between
President Reagan and Soviet premier Gorbachev
1987
United States and USSR sign the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
1988
President Reagan visits Moscow
1991
United States and USSR sign the Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
How did the events on this timeline affect the Cold War?
A. They reduced Cold War tensions by limiting the threat each
superpower posed to the other's security
B. They increased Cold War tensions in Europe as both nations
increased military aid to their allies to make up for lost nuclear
weapons
C. They had little impact as the two superpowers shifted from the
nuclear arms race back to a conventional arms race
D. They led to a chilling of relations between the two superpowers
when these diplomatic maneuvers proved unpopular with the
public in both nations

1960: wilma rudolph was the first woman to win three olympic gold medals in track and field at one olympic games. she was an american sprinter from tennessee, she was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world. she was among the most visible black women in america and abroad. she became a role model for black and female athletes. she was also known as a civil rights and women right's pioneer.

1973: billy jean king is an american former number one tennis player. she represented the united states in the federal cup and the wightman cup. for three years she was the usa's captain in the federation cup. she defends gender equality and has been a pioneer for equal and social justice. at the age of 29, she won "the battle of sexes" tennis match against the 55 year old bobby riggs. she was also the founder of women's tennis association and the women's sports foundation.  

1983: tamara mckinney becomes the first american female skier to win the alpine world cup overall championship top. she was the only american to hold that title for a quarter century until 2008.

1992: manon rhéaume, from canada,   becomes the only woman to start in a national hockey league game in an exhibition game for the tampa bay lightning . she played on the canada women's national ice hockey team winning gold medals in 1992 and 1994. and silver medals in 1998. manon marked the first time a woman appeared in a regular season professional game with her first appearance against the salt lake golden eagles.

2013: serena williams won 78 of 82 matches at the age of 31. she is an american professional tennis player. she reached the number 1 ranking for the first time on july, 8, 2002. at the age of 16, she played against karsten braasch the battle of sexes. she was the highest paid female athlete in 2016. she is a unicef ambassador .

b: to eliminate competition from other farmers

the causes of the dust bowls were severe droughts,   lands became dry and hard, temperature was higher than usual, hot and dry conditions killed crops, high winds. because of those factors, the winds kicked up dry soil and created clouds of dust.