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National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students on the campus of Kent State University.
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Ratified the 26th amendement
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Political scandal in the US resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington DC
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Abortion law decided by the Supreme Court
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Nixon was somewhat connected to the Watergate scandal which led him to resign.
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The end of the Vietnam war and the start of the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.
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North Vietnam&South Vietnam unite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th President of the United States
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918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown
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The People’s Army of Vietnam achieved a rapid victory in two weeks, seizing the capital city, Phnom Penh.
