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Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York sparked the gay rights movement.
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Apollo 11 becomes the first space mission to achieve a moon landing.
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The United States invades Cambodia, furthering it's occupation of South East Asia deeper into the continent.
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Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on protesters at Kent State Univeristy, killing 4 and injuring 9
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Richard Nixon took a groundbreaking step in Sino-American relations with his visit to the People's Republic of China
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The 26th Amendment is ratified, allowing individuals of 18 years of age to vote.
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Nixon's men storm the Watergate hotel, creating a huge scandal that costs him his presidency
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Richard Nixon is re-elected on the heels of the Watergate scandal with overwhelming majority.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, froze number of strategic ballistic missiles at current levels.
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The North Vietnamese and the United States sign a truce.
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OAPEC puts an oil embargo on the US after they supplied Israel in military conflict. Created US energy crisis
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Richard Nixon became the first and only US president to resign after the Watergate Scandal
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Saigon, South Vietnam fell to the North Vietnamese forces and came under Communist control.
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Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford, Nixon's former Vice President.
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Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaties that would allow Panama to gain control of the canal after 1999.
