Kate's Chapter 31

By qcieslinski

  • Stonewall Riots

    Riots in New York's Greenwich VIllage spark Gay RIghts movement

  • Kent State Shooting

    Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students at Kent State University

  • Twenty Sixth Amendment

    Ratified to the Constitution giving 18 year olds the right to vote

  • SALT I signed

    Recognized the exsisting Soviet lead in missiles, but the AMerican deployment of multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles ensured a continuing strategic advantage for the US

  • Oil Embargo

    Arab oil embargo creates energy crisis in the US

  • President Nixon resigns

    NIxon resigns after he is ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender the White House tapes

  • Last Helicopter

    Laste evacutaion helicopter leaves roof of US embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam

  • Election

    Jimmy Carter defeats General Ford

  • Panama Canal treaties

    President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring sovereignthy to Panama

  • Retirement Age

    President Carter signs law raising mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70

  • Soviet invasion

    Soviet invasion of Afganistan lead to US withdrawl from 1980 Moscow Olympics

  • Election

    Ronald Reagan wins presidency in landslide

  • Hostages Released

    American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity

  • Unemployment

    Unemployment reaches postwar record high of 10.4 %

  • Grenada

    US invades Grenada

  • Summer Olympics

    Russia boycotts summer Olympics in Los Angeles

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    He becomes leader of the Soviet Union

  • Challenger

    Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing seven astronuats

  • INF treaty

    Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty at Washington summit

  • Election

    George H W Bush defeats Michael Dukakis in preisdential election