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signing of SALT 1 which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US
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a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation. The act aims to provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats.
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energy crisis due to The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries embargo under President Gerald Ford
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first step to peace in the Middle East
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Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran because Americans supports the dethroned shah- hostages are not released until Reagan is elected in 1981
