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President Nixon declared that the United States military troops were to invade Cambodia.
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Occurred at Kent State University in Ohio and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. Four students were killed, and 9 others were wounded. This event epitomized the division that the Vietnam War had created in America.
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American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, It won the academy award for best picture.
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A break-in at the Democratic National Committe headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C. and the Nixon administration's attempted a cover-up of it's involvment.
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Won seven gold medals in the summer olympics.
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A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.
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OPEC announced a decision to raise the post price of oil by 75% to five dollars and eleven cents a barrell.
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Kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army at the age of 19.
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After Watergate scandal and threat of impeachment.
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President Richard Nixon announced that he was resigning as president of the United States during an evening television broadcast.
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Became president because of Nixon's resignation.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft which turns into the world's largest software.
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U.S. withdrawal serious negotiations to end of the war began after president johnson's decison not to seek re-election.
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South Vietnam collapses under the advancement of the North Vietnamese.
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America's 200th year celebration.
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In office, January 20th 1977-January 20th 1981, Vice President.
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First day in office, Jimmy Carter pardons hundreds and thousands of draftdodgers.
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Based in 1750 Gambia, West Africa on Kunta Kintas life and struggles
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The first computer released for retail sale in Canada and the United States
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Brought Egypt and Isreal together, headed up by Jimmy Carter
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Dauphin County Pennsylvania nuclear meltdown, failure in the non-nuclear secondary system, large amounts of nuclear reactor coolant spilled.
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Group of islamist students and militants took over an American embassy in Tehran
