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Nixon is sworn into office
Nixon is shown into office as the thirty-seventh president of the united states. -
Taping systems activated
Taoing systems are activated in the white house. The Oval office is outfitted with a voice-activated sustem and the cabinet room with a manual system. -
Televised hearings on Watergate Scandal Begin
The watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970's in the united states resulting from the break-in of the democratic national comittee headquarters at the Watergate office complex -
Carter is Inagurated
Carter is Inagurated the thirty-ninth president of the United States -
Malaise Speech
President Carter delivers the speech that becomes known as his "Malaise speech", blaming the problems of the nation on "a crisis of spirit" -
American Hostages Held in Iran are set free
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two U.S citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4th, 1979 to January 20th, 1981 after a group if islamic students and militans took over the Embassy of the untided states in support of the iranian revolution. -
U.S Boycotts the moscow summer olympics
The 1980 summer olympics in moscow were boycotted in protest of the soviet union's invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Then-U.S president Jimmy Carter announced the boycott in February 1980, and Canada and dozens of other countries soon followed suit. -
Lost election
Carter loses reelection to Ronald Reagan winning only 49 electoral votes to Ronald Reagan's 489 -
Reagan Inaugurated
Reagan in inagurated as the fourtieth president of the United States -
Reagan shot
President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest by John Warnock Hinckley Jr.