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Stonewall Riots
Riots in New York's Greenwich VIllage spark Gay RIghts movement -
Kent State Shooting
Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students at Kent State University -
Twenty Sixth Amendment
Ratified to the Constitution giving 18 year olds the right to vote -
SALT I signed
Recognized the exsisting Soviet lead in missiles, but the AMerican deployment of multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles ensured a continuing strategic advantage for the US -
Oil Embargo
Arab oil embargo creates energy crisis in the US -
President Nixon resigns
NIxon resigns after he is ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender the White House tapes -
Last Helicopter
Laste evacutaion helicopter leaves roof of US embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam -
Election
Jimmy Carter defeats General Ford -
Panama Canal treaties
President Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring sovereignthy to Panama -
Retirement Age
President Carter signs law raising mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 -
Soviet invasion
Soviet invasion of Afganistan lead to US withdrawl from 1980 Moscow Olympics -
Election
Ronald Reagan wins presidency in landslide -
Hostages Released
American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity -
Unemployment
Unemployment reaches postwar record high of 10.4 % -
Grenada
US invades Grenada -
Summer Olympics
Russia boycotts summer Olympics in Los Angeles -
Mikhail Gorbachev
He becomes leader of the Soviet Union -
Challenger
Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing seven astronuats -
INF treaty
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty at Washington summit -
Election
George H W Bush defeats Michael Dukakis in preisdential election