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This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1970 to 1989'''. |
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==1970s== |
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*1970 - [[Kent State shootings]] |
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*1970 - [[Jackson State shootings]] |
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*1970 - [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] created |
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*1971 - [[twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|26th Amendment]] ratified |
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*1972 - [[Richard Nixon]] goes to China |
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*1972 - [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]] with [[USSR]] |
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*1972 - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate burglaries|Watergate]] burglary, [[Richard Nixon]] re-elected) |
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*1972 - [[Apollo 17]] flies to the Moon, the last manned mission there for many decades |
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*1973 - Vietnam Peace Treaty. Troops and POWs return home. |
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*1973 - [[Roe v. Wade]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruling over-turns state laws against [[abortion]] |
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*1973 - The celebrated Senate Watergate hearings, highlighted by [[Fred Thompson]]'s discovery of Nixon's secret tapes. |
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*1973 - [[Skylab]], [[United States|USA]]'s first [[space station]] launched |
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*1973 - Vice President [[Spiro T. Agnew]] resigns in disgrace as part of a plea bargain |
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*1973 - Congressman [[Gerald R. Ford]] of [[Michigan]] becomes the first person to be appointed Vice President under the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment]] to the constitution |
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*1973 - In a single day, [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]] fires three Attorneys General over disposition of the secret tapes and the actions of the Special Prosecutor. |
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*1974 - The [[House Judiciary Committee]] votes to impeach the President |
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*1974 - [[Richard Nixon]] resigns Presidency over [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] |
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*1974 - [[Gerald R. Ford]] becomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[election]]) |
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*1974 - [[Nelson A Rockefeller]] of [[New York]] becomes the second person to be appointed Vice President under the 25th Amendment to the constitution |
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*1974 - Ford Pardons Nixon |
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*1975 - [[Fall of Saigon]] |
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*1976 - [[U.S. presidential election, 1976]] |
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*1977 - [[Jimmy Carter]] becomes President |
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*1978 - [[Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act]] |
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*1978 - [[Camp David Accords (1978)]] |
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*1979 - [[Three Mile Island]] nuclear accident |
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*1979 - [[Iran hostage crisis]] begins |
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==1980s== |
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[[Image:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg|thumb|President Reagan was the face of the United States during the 1980s]] |
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*1980 - [bockeys on deck |
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*1980 - [[Mount St. Helens]] eruption in [[Washington]] kills 57 (see [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]) |
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*1980 - [[United States|U.S.]] boycotts [[Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to protest [[1979]] [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] |
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*1980 - [[U.S. presidential election, 1980]] |
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*1980 - [[John Lennon#Murder|John Lennon Assassination]] |
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*1981 - [[Ronald Reagan]] becomes President ([[Iran]] releases hostages) |
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*1981 - Attempted [[assassination]] of [[Ronald Reagan]] by [[John Hinckley]] |
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*1981 - [[Kemp-Roth Tax Cut]] |
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*1981 - Sandra Day O' Connor becomes first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court |
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*1983 - 241 [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] killed by suicide bomb in [[Lebanon]] |
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*1983 - [[United States]] invades [[Grenada]] |
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*1984 - Most of [[Eastern Block]] boycotts [[Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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*1984 - [[U.S. presidential election, 1984]] ([[Ronald Reagan]] is re-elected) |
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*1985 - [[Bernhard Goetz]] is indicted on charges of attempted [[murder]] |
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*1986 - [[Iran-Contra]] scandal breaks |
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*1986 - [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] accident |
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*1986 - [[Tax Reform Act of 1986]] |
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*1986 - [[Gramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget Act]] |
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*1986 - [[Marshall Islands]] become independent |
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*1987 - [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] falls 22.6% in single session on [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]] |
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*1987 - [[Dennis Conner]] onboard "Stars & Stripes" returns the [[America's Cup]] to America. |
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*1988 - ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' launched as first post-''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]'' space shuttle flight |
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*1988 - [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]] |
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*1988 - [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] went into effect. |
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*1989 - [[George H. W. Bush]] becomes President. |
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*1989 - [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]] in [[Alaska]]'s [[Prince William Sound]] |
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*1989 - [[Loma Prieta earthquake]] kills 63 in greater [[San Francisco Bay Area]] |
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*1989 - [[Berlin Wall]] falls in Germany |
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{{Timeline| |
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before=[[Timeline of United States history (1950-1969)|1950-1969]]| |
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title=[[Timeline of United States history]]| |
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years=1970–1989| |
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after=[[Timeline of United States history (1990-present)|1990-present]]| |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timeline Of United States History (1970–1989)}} |
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[[Category:Timelines of United States history by period| 1970]] |
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[[Category:History of the United States (1964–1980)| 1970]] |
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[[Category:History of the United States (1980–1991)| 1980]] |
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Revision as of 06:45, 19 January 2010
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