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Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival when thinking of Vietnam most people that have seen Forest Gump or played Call of Duty associate this song with the war. This war increased America's debt and was also the most protested war. Spawning the Hippie movement and many anti-war groups.
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In Dallas, Texas president John F. Kennedy is shot in the head while in a parade. He was only President for 3 years when he was assassinated. He was 46 when he was killed.
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy was an attempt by China to reestablish diplomatic relations with the U.S. which had been severed when China became a Communist country. Leaders of China hoped that building this bond would counterweigh their relations with Russia.
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A brief summary and timeline of The Watergate Scandel Watergate was what caused President Richard Nixon his chance of being president for a second term. Nixon was tried for bugging a Democratic meeting during the presidential campaign. Nixon resigned from office before he could be impeached.
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President Ford starts his term as president. During his presidency he escaped 2 assassination attempts. Accord to the history books and some people's opinions Ford wasn't the greatest president either but that's only an opinion.
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A massive hurricane that destroyed a good part of any state to the southeast of the country. States like Florida, Georgia, Alabamba, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
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Apple computers is founded in Cupertino, CA. From then on Apple has produced millions of tech items from computers to smart watches, to phones. Apple has now become a corprate giant and will continue to be into the future.
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On this day in New York City, NY one of the former members of The Beatles is assassinated. After his work with The Beatles he had a solo career mostly making songs about peace and harmony with one another during the time of the Vietnam War. John was assassinated by Mark David Chapman.
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Video of the Assassination Attempt This is the one and only time someone has attempted an assassination on a president and he lived. During his time in surgery Reagan did not give power to his vice president, which was part of the rules of presidency. Reagan survived surgery and came back to finsh his term as president.
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Elton John's song about AIDS Not this day but sometime in 1983 the diease known as AIDS is discovered. The STI is uncurable and many died from it. It was later found that you can crontact AIDS from blood that carries the virus.
