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Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village spark gay rights movement
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American astronuats land on the moon in July
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U.S. foreces invade Cambodia in April
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Ohio National Guardsmen fill four students at Kent State University in May
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States ratify the 26th amendment to the Constitution, giving 18 year olds the right to vote (july)
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President Nixon visits China in February
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U.S. and USSR sign SALT I accords in Moscow in May
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U.S. and Vietnam sign a truce in January
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President Richard Nixon resigns from his presidency in August
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Last evacuation helicopter leaves roof of U.S embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam
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Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in presidential election
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President Jimmy 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 (November
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Iranian militants take fifty trhee Americans hostage in U.S. embassy in Tehran
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Ronald Regan wins presidency in a landslide
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American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity (January)
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Sandra Day O'Conner becomes first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice (September)
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The Equal rights Amendment fails state ratification in June
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Russia boycotts the summer Olympics in Los Angeles (July) Along with 14 other countries
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Space shuttle "Challenger" explodes, killing seven astronauts (January)
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George H. W. Bush defeats Michael Dukakis decisively in presidential election
