1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.

"For the United States, the 1930's had the most extreme weather of any decade...........by a very wide margin!"

Let's go ahead and back that statement up with some data:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/14/newly-found-weather-records-show-1930s-as-being-far-worse-than-the-present-for-extreme-weather/

    https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-high-and-low-temperatures

• Figure 1. U.S. Annual Heat Wave Index, 1895–2015
     
   
   
  This figure shows the annual values of the U.S. Heat Wave Index from 1895 to 2015. These data cover the contiguous 48 states. Interpretation: An index value of 0.2 (for example) could mean that 20 percent of the country experienced one heat wave, 10 percent of the country experienced two heat waves, or some other combination of frequency and area resulted in this value.

U.S. state temperature extremes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_temperature_extremes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each state in the United States during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.^[1]

1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

"The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

"However, as documented by a congressional investigation, the first Reagan-sponsored secret arms sales to Iran began in 1981 before any of the American hostages had been taken in Lebanon. This fact ruled out the "arms for hostages" explanation by which the Reagan administration sought to excuse its behavior.
 

Boy do I remember that one! In the form of the Dan Rather Interview of Bush 1.

I was the chief meteorologist for our local station in 1988 and we were a CBS affiliate then. At the time, I was still a liberal/democrat and saw things more or less thru Dan Rather's eyes vs Bush's in the interview below. 

This one was historic though in the way that Rather am"Bushed" his target. I remember thinking, "wow, Dan Rather really hates George Bush's guts".  

After the interview........Wow, we were bombarded with hundreds of calls for days, from viewers who were irate with regards to how disrespectful and unprofessional Rather was.

It became even more obvious after that incident how arrogant and pompous Rather was as he completely justified his behavior  amidst across the board condemnation from many sources. 

We had our 5pm news right before Rather, then our 6pm news right after Rather, so this incident, which damaged Rather's credibility as an objective journalist(back in the days when there were standards) and must have hurt his and our ratings..............so the people at the station who monitor that sort of thing must have been cringing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/26/rather-bush-and-the-nine-minute-war/858091fb-e7af-46dc-826b-652e61584489/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2bcb7abc0dae

Here's the actual interview below:

The time George H.W. Bush stuck it to Dan Rather on live television

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-time-george-h-w-bush-stuck-it-to-dan-rather-on-live-television