70/80 timeline

  • nixon goes to china for 8 days

    nixon goes to china for 8 days
    he meets with mao zedong
  • "Saturday night massacre"

    "Saturday night massacre"
    Nixon fires the watergate prosequetor and deputy attorney general.
  • New President

    New President
    Generald R. Ford is sworn in as 38th president
  • Water gate cover-up

    Water gate cover-up
    John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up
  • jimmy carter elected president

    jimmy carter elected president
  • carter

    carter
    Carter pardons vietnam draft evadors
  • Jim Jones

    Jim Jones
    jim jones follers commit mass suicide in jonestown,guyana
  • protests

    protests
    Soviet invasion of afghanistan stirs protests
  • war begins

    war begins
    Iran-iraq war starts
  • new president

    new president
    ronald regean becomes president.
  • yemen

    yemen
    1,500 poeple died when an earthquake hit.
  • bombing

    bombing
    US embassy bombed killed 63 people and injured 400
  • india

    india
    india's prime minsiter was murdered by her own body guards.
  • Titanic

    Titanic
    THe wreck on the titanic was found
  • Bombing

    Bombing
    US bombs Libya
  • nazi

    nazi
    klaus barbie, the nazi butcher of lyons, sentenced to life in prison.
  • US strikes again

    US strikes again
    US shoots down iranian airliner
  • death

    death
    Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square
  • freed

    freed
    nelson mendela freed.
  • magicc

    magicc
    magic johnson test positive for hiv and retires
  • riot

    riot
    Rodney king riot kills 2,300 and injures 1,000