Timeline: Passage to a New Century | Timetoast

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Jan 20, 1969

New Federalism
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Nixon Presidency
Period: Jun 23, 1969 to Sep 26, 1986

Warren Court
Apr 22, 1970

First Earth Day
Mar 23, 1971

26th Amendment
Jun 1, 1971

Ping Pong Diplomacy
Feb 1, 1972

Nixon Visits China
May 26, 1972

SALT I Treaty between Nixon and Brezhnev
Jun 17, 1972

Watergate Scandal
Period: Oct 6, 1973 to Oct 25, 1973

Yom Kippur War

Also known as October War or Ramadan War
Oct 20, 1973

Saturday Night Massacre
Aug 9, 1974

Nixon Resigns
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Ford Presidency
Apr 30, 1975

South Vietnam Surrenders to North Vietnam
Aug 1, 1975

Helsinki Accords Signed
Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Carter Presidency
May 25, 1977

Star Wars released

Episode IV: A New Hope
Sep 17, 1978

Camp David Accords
Nov 9, 1978

National Energy Act Passed
Jul 15, 1979

Jimmy Carter's "Malaise" Speech
Nov 4, 1979

Iranian Hostage Crisis
May 21, 1980

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back released
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Reagan Presidency
Sep 25, 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor Appointed to Supreme Court
May 24, 1983

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

George H. W. Bush
Apr 15, 1989

Tiananmen Square
Nov 9, 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

Clinton Presidency
May 19, 1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

George W. Bush
Sep 11, 2001

9/11 Terrorist Attacks on World Trade Center
May 16, 2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
May 19, 2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

Obama Presidency
Dec 18, 2015

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens