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The Nixon Speech on Watergate Scandal
Nixon talked about his friends and officials of the committe for the re-election and their chare with the involvement of Watergate. I was in shock orignially about the Watergate break in. I have asked for all members to cooperate with the FBI. -
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon fired Cox and aolished the office of the prosecutor. Several other people resigned. People were trying to get Nixon impeached. -
Nixon resigned from President
Nixon resigned form president. He was the first president to resign. -
Gerald Ford beomes president
Ford became the president. This was the same day Nixon left office. -
Saigon Falls
American's were evacuated. The surrender of Saigon was announced by the South Vietnamese president. He wanted to avoid more deaths. -
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
Happened in St. Peters squat at vatican city. He was shot and wounded. The guy that shot him was sentenced to life in prison. -
Aids
CDC published a report the first report that they call the beginning of AIDS. This is when we first became aware of AIDS. They thought at first that it was just in gay people. -
The Cold War
jWsa a fight beteen the powers of the western world led by the U.S. -
The Challenger
Challenger explosion. A school teacher was on the challenger when it blew up. -
Tiananmen Square
A lot of people were killed by the chinese army to end a protest. They used tanks to get into the square. The protests started with a march by students. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall was a division between West Berlin and East Germany. The day they decided that people could be on either side there was a huge celebration. -
Desert Storm Invation
Was the U.S. response to Iraq's attemp to get Kuwait. There were about 200,000 american's in Sudi Arabia at this time. -
Beating of Rodney King
3 white police officers beat a black man "Rodney King". This happened during the LA riots. -
Clinton becomes president
Clinton became the president after running. He ran against Ross Perot and others. -
Floods of 1993
Flood of 1993 was the costliest flood in U.S. history. About 23 million acres of agriculture and other lands were covered by water. -
Oklahoma City boming
Timothy McVeight bombed a building. He killed 168 people were killed. -
9-11
Two planes crashed into the twin towers. The planes crashed because people look over the planes.
