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Gay Rights Movement
Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village Spark gay rights movement. -
Cambodia
US Forces invade Cambodia. -
Twenty-sixth Amendment
States ratify 26th amendment to the constitution -
Nixon visits China
President Nixon visits China. -
US and NV
US and North Vietnam sign a truce. -
Supreme court
Supreme court orders Nixon to surrender white house tapes. -
South Vietnam
Last Evacuation helicopter leaves roof of US embassy in Saigon, SV. -
Bicentennial
Nation celebrates bicentennial with fireworks, partiotic music, and a parade of sailing ships. -
Panama Canal
President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring sovereighnty to Panama. -
Mandatory retirement
President Carter signs law raising mandatory retirement afe from 65 to 70. -
Iranian militants
Iranian militants take fifty three americans hostage in US embassy in Tehran. -
Reagan
Ronald Reagan wings presidency in a landslide. -
Hostages in Iran
American hostages in Iran releases after 444 days in captivity. -
Equal Rights amendment
ERA fails state ratification. -
Korean Airliner
Soviets shoot down Korean airliner. -
Russia boycotts
Russia boycotts summer olympics in Los Angeles -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Becomes leader of the Soviet Union. -
Challenger
Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing seven astronauts. -
INF Treaty
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty at Washington Summit. -
George HW Bush
George HW Bush defeats Michael Dukakis decisively in presidential election.