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Huey Newton (leader Black Panther Party) convicted of voluntary manslaughter of Oakland policeman - 34 months in jail during trial for manslaughter in Oakland
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LBJ orders halt to all bombing in Vietnam
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Nixon defeats Humphrey (narrowest victory since 1912: .7% (43.4-42.7)
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Apollo 8 with three astronauts circles moon ten times & takes photo of earth rising behind the moon
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Ho Chi Minh dies
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West Germany: first (postwar) Socialists take power (Willy Brandt & Social Democrats in coalition with Free Democrats)
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Vietnam War Moratorium ** [Peace Day] thruout US
(organized by Sam Brown & David Mixner)
100,000 Boston Common / 40,000 Bryant Park, Manhattan /
30,000 candlelight march past White House (Life)
Washington D.C.: names of 45,000 Americans killed in Vietnam carried
12,000 Chicago
& Presodents of 79 colleges appeal to Nixon to step up withdrawal timetable
(black armbands worn all over the U.S.)
[10 million involved throughout the U.S. -
Nixon announces "Vietnamization" program to shift Vietnam fighting from U.S. troops to U.S.-trained local troops
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Senate turns down first Supreme Court nominee (Nixon's) since 1930
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First Draft Lottery
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) signed by Nixon creates Environmental Protection Agency
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Mississippi integrates first three districts of its public schools
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Kent State University, Ohio: National Guard fires into crowd at anti-war demonstration, 4 students killed & 8 wounded
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Voting age lowered to 18
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UC Berkeley: Protestors gather around the fence around the land that was People's Park
Afternoon: some throw rocks and set up barricades; police use tear gas to break up
Three senior editors of The Daily Californian fired, but refuse to quit -
Five men caught breaking into the Watergate Hotel Democratic campaign headquarters
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B-52s heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
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Nixon makes last attempt to get North Vietnam to submit: 18 days of "carpet" bombing of homes, hospitals, and civilians of Hanoi & Haiphong through Christmas; first B-52 pilots refuse to fly missions
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Vietnam ceasefire agreement with US
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Nixon resings, Ford takes office
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Congress finally (after nine attempts) passes War Powers legislation, over Nixon's veto - limits President's power to commit armed forces to hostilities abroad without Congressional approval
