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U.S VICE PRESIDENT RESIGNS
LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE RICHARD M.NIXONS RESGNATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S VICE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN IN DISGRACE. -
1950
HISTORY -
north korean
North Korean communists invade South Korea (June 25, 1950). -
president truman
President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to battle (June 27). -
douglass macarthur
Douglas MacArthur as head of U.S. Far East Command (April 11, 1951). -
armistice agreement
Armistice agreement is signed (July 27, 1953). -
segregation ruled illegal in u.s
On May 17, 1954, the law was changed. -
1st all- female crew to win
Jan 13th - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race -
sandra volker
feb 5th - Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 -
fire damage wer top of eiffel tower
Jan 3rd - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. -
troops leave egypt
Mar 8th - Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships -
kitchen debate between nixon and khrushchev
the kitchen debate was a series of impromptu exchanges (throuh between then u.s. vice president richard nixon and soviet premier nikita khurushche at theopening of the american national exhibition at sokolniki park in moscow -
approved birth control pills FDA
on may 9, 1960 , the FDA approved the pil, granting greater reproductive freedom to american women. -
powerful earthquake
Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile -
bay of pigs invason
on april 17 1961,1400 exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the bay of pigs on the south coast cuba -
American civil rights movement:
May 24 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. -
JFK gives man on moon speech
in this speech , stated that the united states should set a goal the landing a man on the moon returning him back to earth safely by the end of the decade -
embargo agaisnt cuba is announced
February 3 – The United States embargo against Cuba is announced -
marilyn monroe found dead
movies actress marilyn monroe is found dead in her home in los angeles. -
malcolm x message
November 10 – Malcolm X makes his Message to the Grass Roots speech in Detroit -
JFK assassinated
the youth and idealism of america in the 1960s faltered as its young president , john f. -
the golden nurding home
November 23 – The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio -
convicted of crossing state lines
February 18, 1970 - Five members of the Chicago 7 are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago. -
four students from kent state university in ohio killed
, 1970 - Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia. -
united states postal service
August 12, 1970 - The United States Postal Service is made independent in a postal reform measure for the first time in almost two centuries. -
walt disney opens
October 1, 1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, expanding the Disney empire to the east coast of the United States. -
VCRS INTODUCED
the VCR format was introduced in 1972, just after sony-matic format in 1971. -
the largest attack
March 30, 1972 - The largest attacks by North Vietnam troops across the demilitarized zone in four years prompts bombing raids to begin again by United States forces against Hanoi and Haiphong on April 15, ending a four year cessation of those raids -
THE PEACE TALK
THE PEACE TALKS THEN RESUMED AND ON JANUARY 27,1973, THE PARTIES AGREED TO A CEASE-FIRE TH FOLLOWING DAY. -
JIMMY CARTER
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ANNOUNCES THE EMBARGO ON SALE OF GRAIN AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOVIET UNION DUE TO THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN -
BECOMES PRESENT
January 20: Jimmy Carter becomes President -
FAILED U.S RESCUE ATTEMPT TO SAVE HOSTAGES IN TEHRAN
APRIL 24 1980 AN ILL-FATED MILLITARY OPERATION TO RESUCE THE 52 AMERICAN HOSTAGES HELD IN TEHRAN ENDS WITH EIGHT U.S SERVICEMEN DEAD AND NO HOSTAGES RESUCED. -
90 HES INTO WASHINGTON D.C
January 13 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing 3 (the system's first fatal accident -
EMBASSY BOMBING
April 18 – The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people -
REELECATON
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WINS REELEACTION OVER DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER WALTER.F MONDALE,INCREASEING IN HIS ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY SINCE THE 1980 ELECTION TO A MARGIN OG 525 TO 13 -
HIV/AIDS
FRIST KNOWN CASE OG HIV IN A HUMAN OCCURS IN A PERSON WHO DIED IN C0NGO.LATER CONFIRMED AS HAVINH HIV INFECTION FROM HIS PRESERVED BLOOD SAMPLES. -
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME
THE FRIST MEETING IN SX YEARS BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF THE SOVIET UNION AND UNITED STAES OCCURS WHEN MIKHAIL GORBACHEV AND RONALD READ
GAN ENGAGE IN A FIVE HOUR SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN GENRVA. -
FINALLY CELEBRATED
DML KING DAY IS OFFICALLY OBSERVED FOR THE FRIST TIME AS A FEDEAL HOLIDAY IN THE UNITED STATES. -
TEDDY SEYMOUR
June 19 – Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands -
DENIED
U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTIVES REJECTS THE REQUEST FROM REGAN FOR $36.25 M. -
BRLIN WALL
AFTER EIGHT YWARS OF RESTRICING TRAFFIC THE EAST AND WEST GERMAN CERMAN SIDE.
