1968 |
- Richard Nixon elected president.
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1969 |
- Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court.
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1971 |
- Nixon vetoes child care bill.
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1972 |
- Watergate arrests.
- Nixon reelected president.
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1974 |
- Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president.
- Ford pardons Nixon.
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1976 |
- Jimmy Carter elected president.
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1977 |
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1978 |
- Regents of University of California v. Bakke.
- Congress deregulates airlines.
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1979 |
- Camp David accords.
- Carter establishes formal diplomatic relations with China.
- Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
- Iranian hostage crisis begins.
- Moral Majority founded.
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1980 |
- Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries.
- Congress passes Superfund legislation.
- Ronald Reagan elected president.
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1981 |
- AIDS virus discovered.
- Economic Recovery Tax Act.
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1983 |
- Terrorist bomb kills 241 U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon.
- Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”).
- Family Research Council founded.
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1984 |
- Reagan reelected president.
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1986 |
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1987 |
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1988 |
- Civil Rights Restoration Act.
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