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Nixon announced on national television that US troops were invading Cambodia. The US had been bombing Cambodia for over a year.
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The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest films in American cinema. The film is the box office leader of 1972 and was the top grossing movie.
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A political scandal of 5 men breaking into the Watergate office complex in the Democratic National Committee headquarters. This later resulted in the resignation of president Nixon.
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Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals at the summer Olympics. He held the record most gold medals for swimming until Michael Phelps won the title with 8 medals.
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The court ruled with a vote 7-2 that no state could restrict abortions during the first 3 months of a pregnancy. This event started the the still fought arguement of abortions.
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Vietnamization (the gradual withdrawl of American troops out of Vietnam) begins.
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Gerald Ford was the first person appointed to vice president by the 25th amendment after Spiro Agnew resigned.
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America supplied Israel with arms to protect them from Egypt, Syria and other Arab nations. OPEC punished America by annoucing an oil embargo.
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She was a 19 year old who was kidnaped from her apartment in Berkley California. She was held for ransome until she joind her captives ranks.
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After the Wategate Scandal there was overwhelming evidence that Nixon knew about the scandal. After Nixon finds out he will be impeached he resigns.
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Microsoft was established by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, It is the worlds largest software manufacturer, one of the worlds most valuable companies.
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The fall of South Vietnam at the capital Saigon, which marked the end of Vietnam war
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A award winning series about an inslaved family
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Jimmy Carter was the 39th president, he earned a nobel piece prize and served as a US naval officer.
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Jimmy Carter pardoned hundreds of men dodging the draft.
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Old Microsoft computer that had a RAM of only 32K. The computer was completely comand promp. It had a 40 character display.
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A group of celebrations that celebrated historacal events leading to the creation of the United States of America.
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A treaty signed by the egyption president and Israeli Prime minister after 13 days of secret negotiations at Camp David
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It was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history by the US. partial meltdown relaeased radioactive gas at the island in dauphin country, pennsylvania.
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Iranian students held 52 american hostages for 444 days by Iran at the US embassy.
