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RIchard Nixon
Richard Nixon Survived as president from 1969- 1974 he is the only president to ever resign from office. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Nixon Realected
Nixon was realceted to office on November 7, 1972 it was the one of the largest landslide election victories in American history. -
Vietnam War Ends
U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973 as a result of the Case–Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress.[28] The capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. -
Presidental Race
Jimmy Carter is sworn in a President January 20,1976. The presidental election race that year was a race between Ford, Kennedy, and Regan. Carter won the presidental election by 50.1 percent. -
Oil Crisis
After the out break of the Iran-Iraq war the oil production stopped. Which then lead to the lower amounts oil people could by and use. -
radioactive spill
The Church Rock Spill occurred when an earthen tailings dam at the UNC Church Rock Uranium Mill failed on the morning of July 16, 1979. The mill’s radioactive fluids spilled into the Puerco River in New Mexico and traveled downstream to Chambers, Ariz. -
100th day americans being held captive
Febuary 11, 1980 was the hundredth day that there were 62 americans being held captive at the American Embassy in Tehran. -
John Lennon
John Lennon was shot by Mark David Chapman. Chapman shot at Lennon 5 times the first bullet missed and the next 4 bullets were fatal for Lennon. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was sworn in as President. Ronald Reagan was our 40th president. -
Assassination attempt
President Regan was hurt during an assassination attempt. John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate him outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, became the first serving U.S. President to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. -
John Paul II assassination attempt
John Paul II was the target of an assassination attempt. The Pope was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. -
Magic Johnson
Magich Johnson anounced that he tested positive for AIDS virus and that he was going to retire amedietly. Also he stated he was going to fight his hardest to "survie" this deadly disease. -
AIDS
AIDS was thought to be cancer. Still in 1986 people still had no idea what aids was. During that time AIDS had almost killed more than during the Vietnam War. -
Challenger Exploded
The Chalenger exploded because it had a major melfunction. On boards wre sevan crew members. The exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown, several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. However, the shuttle had no escape system and the the impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable. -
Berlin Wall
President Reagan made a speech to Mikhail Gorbachev and all german people. Famous quote from his speech is "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." -
Invasion of Kuwat
The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, which subsequently led to direct military intervention by United States-led forces in the Gulf War. -
Presidental Election Clinton
Clinton win the presidental election that year. He ran again Bob Dole.And was tried to be impeached. -
Los Angeles Riots
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots, also known as the Rodney King Riots, South Central Riots, 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest,[1][2][3] or Sa-I-Gu in the L.A. Korean community (literally "4-2-9" in Korean, in reference to the date of the first day of rioting), were sparked on April 29, 1992, when a jury acquitted three white and one Hispanic Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King following a high-speed pursuit. Thousands of people in the Los -
Floods of 93
Midwest floods of 93. The flood was among the most costly and devastating to fever occur in the united states. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It would remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6,[1] and injured more than 680 people. -
Princes Diana Dies
On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, France. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The bodyguard of Diana and Dodi, Trevor Rees-Jones, was the only survivor. -
9/11
Were a series of four suicide attacks that were committed in the United States on September 11, 2001, coordinated to strike the areas of New York City and Washington, D.C. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally piloted two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City; both towers collapsed withi -
President Nixon
President Nixon resignes from office as a result of the Watergate Scandle.
