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1969- 1977
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First "Earth Day"
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Shooting at Kent State University
Four students killed when National Guardsmen opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio -
First Gay Pride
Gay Pride march held in New York City commermorating the first anniversity of the Stonewall Rebellion, considered to be the beginning of the morden GLBT movement. -
Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers
Pentagon Papers, massive collection of top-secert government documents, Daniel's publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration. -
Anti-war March
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Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex
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SALTI signed by United States and the Soviets
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Nineteen killed in terrorist siege at Munich Olympic Games
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Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion
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Amid charges of corruption and scandal, VP Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to income tax evasion and resigns from office
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Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president
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Economy in worst recession in 40 years
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Ford becomes the thirty-eighth president after Richard Nixon, facing impeachment charges, is forced to resign
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South Vietnam falls to Communist forces of North Vietnam.
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The country commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a spectacular bicentennial celebration
