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Eyewitness too History
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Watergate
Bernard L. Baker, Virgilio R. Gonzales, James W. McCord, Eugenio R. Martinez, and Frank A. Sturgis were the men that were accused of breaking into the Democratic Party's National Comittee Offices . The men that were later convincted and jailed for the Watergate Scandal were G. Gordon Liddy and E Howard Hunt JR. -
Gerald Ford Coming into the White House
He was the first Vice President chosen under the 25th admendment after the Watergate Scandal. Some people say he "healed our land". -
Final Troops Are Out of Vietnam
The troops were slowly leaving Vietnam. There were 45,000 American deaths. -
Jimmy Carter
The 39th president. He was known for his very accomplishing foreign policies. -
Leak from Radioactive PowerPLant
Faulty valves let 300,000 liters of radioactive water into a river. They thought that 500 of their workers might have been coontaminated. -
Ronald Reagan
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AIDS
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The Challenger
Exploded in mid air with 7 members on board, including a ver loved school teacher. They later found out that some went wrong within the engine. -
Berlin Wall
Reagan is the reason the wall was knocked down. This resolved lots of deaths and violence. -
Tiananmen Square
This was an event in Beijing, China. People wanted to have communist rights. -
Desert Storm
Beginning of the war in Iraq. Was started because the Iraquies invaded Kuwait. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Tomothy McBay was at fault. A simple car bomb that killed hundreds of people and destroyed a building. -
George W. Bush Became President
He was elected for his presidentcy in 2001. He served 2 terms as our president. -
9/11 Bombing
Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers destroying both towers and everyone inside!
