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Eyewitness to History Timeline
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Watergate
5 burglers were arrested for breaking into the democratic national committee headquarters. Nixon was involved and later it caused him to resign -
Fall of Saigon
Saigon was captured. It marked the end of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamize won. Many refugees were killed. -
Jimmy Carter became president
Jimmy Carter was elected as the 39th president of the United States. -
Pope Jon Paul the Second
Pope John Paul II was elected into papacy after the death of John Paul. He won by only 9 votes. -
Nuclear Leak
Water pump broke at a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. Radio active stream leaked into the atmosphere. -
John Lennon Murdered
While John Lennon was returning to his apartment in New York, he was shot 4 times in the back. The killer was Mark David Chapman. -
Aids
Male homosexuals were getting diseases, it was thought of as a form of cancer. Found out that it was aids and it can be contagious if you come in contact with others. Very deathly disease that killed many people. -
The Challenger
The Challenger Space shuttle took off, and after 73 seconds into its flight it broke apart and killed its 7 crew members. -
Gorbachev and The Cold War
Raegan and Gorbachev have became friends. They sighned a INF treaty to get rid of nuclear weapons. It helped end The Cold War. -
Pan Am Fight 103 Crash
The airplane was flying its normal route when it got blew up by a bomb. It killed every one that was on the plane. Muammar Gaddafi personaly ordered the attack. -
Gulf War
War that only lasted one year between the US and Iraq. After Iraqs invasion on Kuwait. -
Rodney King Riots
3 Whites and one hispanic police officer were accused of beating a black motorist following a high speed pursuit. Thousands of people rioted for the following six days. -
President Bill Clinton Becomes President
President Bill Clinton becomes president of the USA. He was the 42nd president of the US. -
Great Floods of 93
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers flooded in the midwest. Most costly flood ever to occur in the USA. -
OJ Simpson Murder Case
Trialed for the murder of his ex wife and her friend. Simpson was found not guilty for their murders. -
Impeachment of Clinton
President Clinton was impeached by the house of representatives. Monica Lewinsky and Clinton were involved with eachother. -
9/11
Suicide bombers crashed into the twin towers. It was one of the darkest days in America. Many American lost their lives. -
Iraq
The US decided to go to war with Iraq. Iraq people were having up to 80 strikes per day. The US thought it would only take 30- 60 days to get things right.
