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Nixon is elected as President
Nixon is elected as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. -
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Critical events during the presidencies of Nixon, Carter, and Reagan
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Taping Systems are being used in the White House
Taping systems are activated in the White House. The Oval Office is equipped with a voice activated system and the Cabinet Room with a manual system. -
Televised and radio hearings on Watergate Scandal begin
The Watergate Scadal was a political scandal during the 1970's in the United States resulting from the break in of the Democratic National Comittee headquarters at the Watergate office in Washington D.C. Results of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon on August 9th, 1974. It was the first and only resignation of any U.S president. -
Carter is elected as President
Carter is elected as the thirty-ninth President of the United States. -
Malaise Speech
President Carted gave the speech that became known as his "Malaise Speech", blaming the problems of the nation and country on "a crisis of spirit". -
American hostages captured and held in Iran are set free.
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. 52 U.S citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4th, 1979 to January 20th, 1981 after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution. -
U.S Boycotts the Moscow Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were boycotted in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Then U.S. president Jimmy Carter announced the boycott in February 1980 and Canada and dozens of other countries soon followed. -
Carter's lost election
Carter loses reelection to Ronald Reagan winning only 49 electoral votes to Ronald Reagan's 489. -
Reagan is elected as President
Reagan is elected as the fourieth president of the United States. -
Reagan is shot
President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest by John Warnock Hinckley Jr. but was not killed.
