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THE NIXON, FORD, CARTER YEARS
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The U.S. achieves the first moon landing
This was the first goal durning the apollo 11 mission when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while micheal collins remained in the moons orbit. -
Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to travel to China
president nixon meets with Priminster Chou En-lai -
Televised Senate hearings on Watergate begin
It was the scandal of the break in at the democratic national committee headquarters. -
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to resign
Nixton was close to being impeachment and also after losing political support he resigned the day after giving a speach the day before. -
Gerald Ford signs the Helsinki Accords on European security
Was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe it was held in Finland. 35 states were present for the signing of the Helsinki Accords. -
U.S. celebrates the bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
It was a celebration and observances of the events that lead up to the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. -
Jimmy Carter negotiates the Camp David Accords to promote peace in the Middle East
It was a peace treaty between egypt and Israel and it was witnessed by president Jimmy Carter. -
American hostages held in Iran are set free
52 US citizens were held for 444 days and they were released the day Reagan was sworn into presidenty. -
U.S. boycotts the Moscow summer Olympics
the United States and many other countries did not come to the Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
