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in July of 1969, American astronauts landed on the moon.
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in May 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students at Kent State Universty.
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In July, 1971, the States ratify the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Contitution, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.
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Richard Nixon wins re-election in landside victory over George McGovern.
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Aarb oil embargo creates energy crisis in the United States.
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Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender White House tapes
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Last evacuation helicopter leaves roof of U.S. embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam.
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Nation celebrates bicentennial with fireworks, patriotic music, and parade of sailing ships.
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Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in presidential election
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Sales of imported cars, mainly from Japan, surpass two million a year for first time.
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President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring sovereignty to Panama.
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Over nine hundred followers of Rev. Jim Jones die in a mass suicide in Guyana
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Iranian militants take 53 Americans hostage in US embassy in Tehran.
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Congress approves loan of $1.5 billion to rescue the ailing Chrysler Corp.
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Ronald Reagan wins presidency in landslide
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she becomes the first woman US Supreme Court Justice
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Unemployment reaches postwar record high of 10.4 percent
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Equal Rights Amendment fails state ratification
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US invades Grenada
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Russia boycotts summer Olympics in Los Angeles
