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U.S. Achieves First Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins visited the moon. Upon being the first to step foot on moon, Armstrong said "this is one small step for man, one giant leap with mankind." -
Nixon is first president to visit China
To negotiate and set up trades, Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit China. He met with the leader of China at an opera. -
Watergate Senate Is Shown Live On T.V.
On March 28, 1973, the Senate held its first hearing on the Watergate break-in. That nearly five-hour meeting generated so many leaks to the media, that committee leaders decided to conduct all future hearings in public session. -
Nixon became first preisdent to resign.
After facing problems from the Watergate Scandal, Nixon became the first U.S. president to resing. He feared being impeached. -
American Hostages Set Free
After being kept in Iran for a drawn out period, American hostages are set free after much prodding by the U.S. -
Ford signs Helsinki Accords
In the summer of 1975 Gerald Ford traveled to Helsinki, Finland, joining Prime Minister Harold Wilson, President Giscard d’Estaing, and the leaders of 30 other nations to sign the Helsinki Accords. Drafted by these 35 nations, the accord, or Final Act, was the result of two years of negotiations.While U.S. participation was heavily criticized at home, from both the left and the right, Ford believed it was his most significant foreign policy acheivement. -
U.S. Celebrates Bi-Centenial of Declaration Of Independence
200 yars after the signing of the D.O.I America celebrated all day at how much they have grown and what a great nation they had became. It marked happy times in a relatively dark time. -
Carter negotiates Camp David Accords
Upon assuming office on January 20, 1977, President Carter moved to rejuvenate the Middle East peace process that had stalled throughout the 1976 presidential campaign in the United States. Following the advice of a Brookings Institution report, Carter opted to replace the incremental, bilateral peace talks which had characterized Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy following the 1973 Yom Kippur War with a comprehensive, multilateral approach. The Yom Kippur War further complicated efforts to ac -
U.S. Boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It preceded the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott carried out by the Soviet Union and other Communist friendly countries.
