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Kent State Shooting
College students were protesting the expansion of the Vietnam war to cambodia. National guard members were called to maintain control. They ended up killing four and wounding 9 when they opened fire for an unknown reason. -
Disney World opens in Florida
Disney's empire is expanded to the east coast -
Nixon Visits Communist China
On an 8 day journey to nixon becomes the first president to visit china while it is communist. -
Nixon Visits Russia
Nixon Was the first US president to go to Russia. His message was clear. He wanted to improve world relations for the US -
Watergate Begins
The four men are arrested who Broke into the democrat headquarters -
Election of 1972
Nixon Defeats McGovern in a huge landslide taking 520 electorial votes. The need for watergate is proved to be completely paranoia -
Roe vs. Wade
Murder of infants now allowed in the womb through the 1st 6 months of pregnancy -
Nixon Resigns Resultaing from Watergate
Gerald Ford Takes on Role of US president. He never was elected because he had been appointed after the vice president resigned for a completely unrelated reason -
Watergate cover up Trials
Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman are all found guilty -
Communist Forces complete their takeover of South Vietnam
Shortly after the US leaves vietnam, South Vietnam surrenders without conditions
