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Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village spark gay rights movement in June of 1969.
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American astronauts land on the moon in July of 1969.
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Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students at Kent State University.
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States ratify the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.
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President Nixon freezes wages and prices for ninety days.
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President Nixon visits China
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US and USSR sign SALT I accords in Moscow
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United States and North Vietnam sign truce.
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Arab 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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Richard Nixon resigns presidency.
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Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in presidential election.
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President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring soverignty 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 fifty-three Americans hostage in U.S. embassy in Tehran.
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Ronald Reagan wins presidency by a landslide.
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American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity.
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Unemployment reaches postwar record high of 10.4 percent
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing seven astronauts.
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George H. W. Bush Defeats Michail Dukakis decisively in presidential election.
