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U.S. History Time-Line of awesomeness
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Watergate
- Day the president nixon resighned from the white house
- was a major scandle which president go in trouble for lying about
- was a breaking
- president had tapes erased of convos in white house
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President Nixon elected
- reelected in office for second term
- beat out McGovener
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Ford elected into office
- got office because Nixon resighned
- Nixon is only president to ever resighn
- rockefeller was vice president
- only served 1 term and it wasnt a full one
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Day the last americans evacuated vietnam
- This was the day that the last americans left during vietnam war
- lots of south vietnam people wanted to go but couldnt afford to take everyone.
- Destroyed lots of helicopters because wasnt enough room for people
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Nuclear power plant leak
- in Church Rock
- said to be the greatest nuclear cover up of all time
- dam broke causing lots of waste to go down stream
- was not considered a major disaster
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John Lennon Shot
- shot by chapmen
- shot five times
- first shot missed
- next four hit him
- alll fatal
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INF treaty
- between US and Russia
- ended medium range nuclear missles
- between Reagan and Gorbachev
- happened in Washinton D.C.
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Challenger Explodes
- explded wit h7 members on board
- malfunction in engine
- people survived exploshion but not water
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Tiananmen Square
- Happened in Baijing China
- Chinease wanted same comunist rights as china
- to get this they did stikes and military got involved 4.
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Berlin wall
- president regan made speach to tear down wall.
- complete caose
- people who tried to cross wer shot
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Dessertstorm
- Was the beginning of the war in Iraq
- Started when Iraq invaded Kuwait 3.
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Magic Johnson anounces he has aids
- was believed to only be in gays
- Ended Majic's career
- after Majoc got it it became very well know disease and people actually became informed about it.
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Oaklahoma City
- was a big bombing
- was a car bomb
- killed hundreds of people 4.done by timothy micbay who was american
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George V. Bush Electred
- vice preident was Dick Chaney
- served 2 terms
- was president during 9-11
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World trade centers attacked
- plane flew into them
- in new yok
- town became caose