Chapter 31

Stonewall Riots

Jun 20, 1969

Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village spark gay rights movement in June of 1969.

MOOOOOOOON

Jul 20, 1969

American astronauts land on the moon in July of 1969.

Kent State University

May 20, 1970

Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students at Kent State University.

26th Amendment

Jul 20, 1971

States ratify the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.

BRRRRRRR

Aug 20, 1971

President Nixon freezes wages and prices for ninety days.

China

Feb 20, 1972

President Nixon visits China

U.S. and USSR

May 20, 1972

US and USSR sign SALT I accords in Moscow

Truce

Jan 20, 1973

United States and North Vietnam sign truce.

Arab Oil

Oct 22, 1973

Arab oil embargo creates energy crisis in the United States.

Tapes

Jun 22, 1974

Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender White House tapes.

Resignation

Aug 22, 1974

Richard Nixon resigns presidency.

President Carter

Nov 22, 1976

Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in presidential election.

Panama

Sep 22, 1977

President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring soverignty to Panama.

Rev. Jim Jones

Nov 22, 1978

Over nine hundred followers of Rev. Jim Jones die in a mass suicide in Guyana.

Hostages

Nov 22, 1979

Iranian militants take fifty-three Americans hostage in U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Ronald Reagan

Nov 22, 1980

Ronald Reagan wins presidency by a landslide.

Hostages II

Jan 22, 1981

American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity.

Unemployment

Oct 22, 1982

Unemployment reaches postwar record high of 10.4 percent

Challenger

Jan 22, 1986

Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing seven astronauts.

George H. W. Bush

Nov 22, 1988

George H. W. Bush Defeats Michail Dukakis decisively in presidential election.