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1969
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July 20
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Apollo II lands the first men on the moon
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1970
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April 30
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Nixon announces that he is sending U.S. troops to Cambodia
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May 1
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National Guardsmen quelling antiwar protests at Kent State University
in Ohio shoot and kill four students
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July 9
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Nixon proposes the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency
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1971
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March 29
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First Lieutenant William L. Calley is found guilty of murder in the My
Lai massacre of 1968
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April 20
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The Supreme Court authorizes busing to desegregate southern schools
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June 10
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Nixon lifts the U.S. trade embargo with communist China
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July 5
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Nixon certifies the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, lowering the voting age from
twenty-one to eighteen
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Aug. 15
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To stabilize deteriorating economic conditions, Nixon announces price
and wage controls, and takes the U.S. dollar off the gold standard
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1972
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Feb. 22
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Nixon meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Peking
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May 26
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Nixon signs the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) with the Soviet
Union
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June 17
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Five burglars are arrested at the Watergate in Washington, D.C., while
breaking into the Democratic National Party headquarters
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July 8
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Nixon announces the sale of U.S. grain to the Soviet Union
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Aug. 12
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The United States withdraws combat troops from Vietnam
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1973
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Jan. 22
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In the Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court prohibits states
from outlawing abortion
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Feb. 7
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The Senate establishes a select committee to investigate Watergate
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July 16
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The White House aide Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the
White House taping system to the Senate Select Committee
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Oct. 2
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In the worsening energy crisis, Nixon announces fuel allocation
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Oct. 14
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Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns in a cloud of scandal
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Oct. 18-21
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Arab nations embargo oil shipments to the U.S. in an effort to force
the U.S. to drop support for Israel
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Oct. 20
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In the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon fires Watergate Special Prosecutor
Archibald Cox; Attorney General Elliot Richardson and a top aide resign
in protest
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1974
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Jan. 4
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Nixon refuses the Watergate Committee subpoena to turn over Watergate
tapes
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Feb. 6
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The House of Representatives authorizes an impeachment inquiry by the
Judiciary Committee; the House Judiciary Committee opens hearings on impeachment
on May 9
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June 3
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The Supreme Court ruling decrees equal pay for women performing equal
work
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July 24
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The Supreme Court orders the president to surrender Watergate tapes and
documents to the special prosecutor
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Aug. 9
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Nixon resigns as president
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