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May 4, 1970

Kent State Shooting

Also known as May 4 massacre/Kent State massacre. Guardsmen fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds and killed 4 student, and injured 9 others. One who was injured permanently.
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Jan 2, 1971

A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the US.
Jul 1, 1971

The 26th Amendment to the Constitution lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.
Nov 7, 1972

Nixon gets reelected. He won by a landslide.
Dec 7, 1972

Apollo 17 flies to the Moon, and becomes the last manned mission there.

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Jan 22, 1973

Abortion legalized in the US.
Mar 29, 1973

US pulls out of Vietnam.
Apr 3, 1974

An outbreak of tornadoes hit thirteen states and killed 315 people.
Apr 4, 1975

Bill Gates founded Microsoft.
Sep 5, 1975

President Ford survives two assassination attempts in a 17-day time span.
Jul 4, 1976

United States Bicentennial.
May 25, 1977

Star Wars movie released.

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Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Presley dies at age 42.

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May 25, 1978

Volkswagen opened a plant in the United States.
Mar 28, 1979

A nuclear accident took place at Three Mile Island.
May 18, 1980

eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people.

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Dec 8, 1980

John Lennon was assassinated.
Apr 12, 1981

The space shuttle Columbia was launched.
Aug 1, 1981

MTV was launched.
Nov 30, 1982

Michael Jackson releases Thriller

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Jan 16, 1983

241 Marines were killed by suicide bomb in Lebanon.
Jun 18, 1983

Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

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Jul 28, 1984

Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles.
Apr 23, 1985

New Coke hits the market.

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Jan 28, 1986

The space shuttle Challenger exploded and killed all seven passengers.

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Nov 10, 1987

DNA first used to convict criminals.
Jul 4, 1988

US shoots down Iranian Airliner.
Sep 7, 1988

Fires took place in Yellowstone.
Mar 24, 1989

Oil tanker, Exxon Valdez spilled more then 10 million gallons of oil, the largest in US history.
May 25, 1989

Bush declared a "War on Drugs."
Apr 24, 1990

Hubble Telescope is launched into space.
May 25, 1991

The Cold War ends.

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Apr 29, 1992

Riots in Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict.
Feb 26, 1993

A truck bomb exploded.

A truck bomb exploded in the parking garage under the World Trade Center killing 6 people and injuring thousands.
Jun 13, 1994

O.J. Simpson gets arrested for double murder.
Dec 22, 1994

NAFTA

The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
Apr 19, 1995

Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people and injures 800.

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Aug 19, 1995

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I was born.:)
Jun 25, 1996

Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 US servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
Jul 4, 1997

NASA spacecraft lands on Mars.
Nov 19, 1997

Bobbi McCaughey

Des Moines, Iowa resident Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the first case in which all survive infancy.
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Aug 7, 1998

224 people killed in US embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya.
Oct 12, 1998

Matthew Shepard dies.

Gay college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered near the University of Wyoming.
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Apr 20, 1999

Columbine High School killing.

2 teenage students murdered 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School.
Jul 16, 1999

JFK Jr. dies in a plane accident.

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Jan 8, 2001

No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed.
Sep 11, 2001

9/11

Terrorists attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
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Jun 13, 2002

The US withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Mar 19, 2003

The US, UK, Australia and Poland invades Iraq marking the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Feb 4, 2004

The social networking website Facebook is launched.

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Jan 20, 2005

George W. Bush is inaugurated to his second-term.
Aug 23, 2005

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
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May 25, 2006

The Democratic Party retakes control of both houses of Congress, and gains a majority of state governorships.
May 25, 2007

Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Sep 1, 2008

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices.
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Jan 20, 2009

First African American President.

Barrack Obama becomes the 44th President.
Jun 25, 2009

Michael Jackson dies.

Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.
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Apr 20, 2010

BP oil spill.

The Deepwater Horizon oil ring in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, sending millions of gallons of oil into the sea.
Mar 19, 2011

The US launches Operation Odyssey Dawn as part of a United Nations military intervention in the Libyan civil war.
Feb 5, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI

Giants beat Patriots.
May 25, 2012

(other sources)

http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1980timeline.htm
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1990timeline.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history_(1990–present)