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Events of 1969- 1977

By NessaMarie
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    1969- 1977

  • First "Earth Day"

    First "Earth Day"

  • Shooting at Kent State University

    Shooting at Kent State University

    Four students killed when National Guardsmen opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio
  • First Gay Pride

    First Gay Pride

    Gay Pride march held in New York City commermorating the first anniversity of the Stonewall Rebellion, considered to be the beginning of the morden GLBT movement.
  • Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers

    Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers, massive collection of top-secert government documents, Daniel's publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration.
  • Anti-war March

    Anti-war March

    Huge anti-war march in Washington, D.C.
  • Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex

    Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex

  • SALTI signed by United States and the Soviets

    SALTI signed by United States and the Soviets

  • Nineteen killed in terrorist siege at Munich Olympic Games

    Nineteen killed in terrorist siege at Munich Olympic Games

  • Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion

    Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion

  • Amid charges of corruption and scandal, VP Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to income tax evasion and resigns from office

  • Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president

    Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president

  • Economy in worst recession in 40 years

  • Ford becomes the thirty-eighth president after Richard Nixon, facing impeachment charges, is forced to resign

  • South Vietnam falls to Communist forces of North Vietnam.

  • The country commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a spectacular bicentennial celebration

    The country commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a spectacular bicentennial celebration

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