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The Viet Cong launched a large scale attack upon the Embassy in Saigon.
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Richard Nixon was caught trying to cover up watergate, which was attempted theft of the watergate complex in DC.
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The President, later winning a Nobel Peace Prize, is inaugurated this year. I'm unsure of the exact date.
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John Lennon was shot in the street.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed after takeoff. It was a freak accident. A chunk of insulation fell off of a part of the shuttle, causing the explosion
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The beginning of Ronald Reagan's presidency. He went on to deal with the economy and much of the Cold War.
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Marking a part of the end of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall fell, returning East and West Germany.
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The Persian Gulf War is also known as the Iraqi War, or Desert Storm. It was against Iraq, by the UK for Iraq's annexation of Kuwait.
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The 9/11 incident was a series of four suicide terrorist attacks upon the United States. These were the WTC attacks and the attack upon the Pentagon, as well as Flight 93.
