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astronauts
American astronuats land on the moon in July -
Stonewall Riots
Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village spark gay rights movement -
Cambodia invasion
U.S. foreces invade Cambodia in April -
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen fill four students at Kent State University in May -
26 amendment
States ratify the 26th amendment to the Constitution, giving 18 year olds the right to vote (july) -
pres nixon
President Nixon visits China in February -
Salt 1
U.S. and USSR sign SALT I accords in Moscow in May -
Truce
U.S. and Vietnam sign a truce in January -
Nixon out
President Richard Nixon resigns from his presidency in August -
Saigon, South Vietnam
Last evacuation helicopter leaves roof of U.S embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam -
JImmy Carter
Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in presidential election -
Panamal Canal
President Jimmy Carter signs Panama Canal treaties restoring sovereignty to Panama -
election
Ronald Regan wins presidency in a landslide -
Mass Suicide in Guyana
Over nine hundred followers of Rev. Jim Jones die in a mass suicide in Guyana (November -
Iran
Iranian militants take fifty trhee Americans hostage in U.S. embassy in Tehran -
prisioners
American hostages in Iran released after 444 days in captivity (January)
