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U.S. Marines arrived too defend the airbase at Da Nang. They were soon followed by other troops.
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Thousands march to the Pentagon to demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
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The President Johnson addressed the nation on television. He announced the America would limit its bombing of North Vietnam & seek a negotiated settlement to the war.
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He contributed social & moral reasons to the argument for peace. a racist man shot & killed him in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Kennedy celebrates his victory in the California primary. Kennedy says "we are a great country, an unselfish country, a compassionate country"
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The number of U.S. troops in Vietnam peaks at 543,000. President Richard Nixon announces his plan for "Vietnamization" of the war.
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When demonstrators refuse to follow orders, chaos ensues at Kent State University. Members of the Guard shoot into the crowd, killing four and wounding nine; one student is paralyzed for life. Of the four killed, two had been protesting while the other two had been walking to class.
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The New York Times begins publishing portions of the "Pentagon Papers." They contain top-secret information collected by the Department of Defense about U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
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Nixon defeats Democratic candidate Senator George McGovern in the presidential election. Many believed that to win reelection in 1972, he had to end war.
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North Vietnam releases nearly 600 American POWS. POWS are prisoners of war.
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Twenty minutes after he took oath, Iran released all 52 Americans holding hostages since 1979. But during his second term, the Iran-Contra affair badly tarnished Reagan's reputation
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Argentina & Great Britain battle for control of Falkland Islands. Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.
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A truck loaded with thousands of pounds of explosives smashed through barriersat the headquarters of the United States Marines in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, and into a four-story building that housed hundreds of military personnel. Killing 241 marines.
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U.S, troops invaded Grenada to prevent the island nation from becoming a communist outpost & to protect the lives of American medical students. Even though the legal grounds for this invasion proved questionable, most Americans approved of Reagan's decision.
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Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two of her own bodyguards in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star. She was the first female prime minister of India.
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Easily defeated Walter Mondale, the Democratic presidential nominee, & his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro. However, Reagan's momentum did not lead to a total triumph for conservatives.
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Reagan elevated Rehnquist, a well-known conservative, to the position of Chief Justice. He was the eighth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history.
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Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan agree to open negotiations on arms reductions. Signed there first treaty reducing the size of their nations' nuclear arsenals.
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American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States. A congressman, an ambassador, a Director of Central Intelligence, and is currently the oldest surviving president.
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People were allowed to travel freely from East to West Berlin for the first time in nearly 40 years. The Berlin Wall was one of the most important symbolos of the Cold War.
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Iraq invaded it's tiny neighbor Kuwait. Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through slant drilling, Nearly 150,000 Iraqi troops quickly overran Kuwaiti forces Saddam Hussein’s decision to attack Kuwait was made only a few months before the actual invasion.
