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Richard Nixon elected on an "honorable peace".
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Vietnam protestors crowd Washington.
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Watergate is broken into in order to bug Nixon's political rivals.
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Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal.
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The Vietnam war finally is abandoned by the US.
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Soviet and US astronauts join together.
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Jimmy Carter elected on honesty.
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Ronald Reagan is elected by the new right wing movement.
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East Germany allows emigration to West; people celebrate.
