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Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation of schools. -
GreenPeace
The environmentalist Group Greenpeace is founded. -
Watergate Scandal
Five men are caught breaking in to the Watergate Complex where the Democratic Party offices are – the start of the Watergate Scandal. -
North Vietnam
U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam on Christmas Day. -
Israel And Arab states
Fight the Yom Kippur War in October. In November, America brokers a cease-fire accord. -
Richard Nixon's impeachment
The house Judiciary Committee indicts President Richard Nixon for impeachment over the Watergate Scandal. In August, Nixon resigns his office, the first president to do so. Ford grants Nixon a "full, free and absolute pardon." -
All the President's Men
All the President's Men, is published by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein detailing events of Watergate. -
Spacecrafts
Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft link up in space, marking the cooperation between the U.S. and Soviets. -
Elvis Was found Dead
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt's president Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem Begin sign a "Framework for Peace" after meeting for 13 days with Jimmy Carter at Camp David. Later they win the Noble Peace Prize -
Soviet Troops
In, December, Soviet troops invade Afghanistan to prop up a Communist leader.
