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1969:U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. Click for video.
1971:The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
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1973: Landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.
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The 2022 Supreme Court ruling in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the long standing Constitutional right to abortion and eliminated federal standards on abortion access that had been established by earlier decisions in the cases, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Norma McCorvey
Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade
Jane Roe was a pseudonym for
1974:To avoid being impeached over the scandal surrounding the Watergate break-in and cover up. Richard Nixon resigns. Click for video.
1979: After revolution in Iran, 52 Americans are held hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 U.S. diplomats were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students took over the American embassy in support of the Iranian revolution.
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1981: Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1986: In the Iran Contra scandal it is revealed that President Reagan authorized the exchange of weapons for hostages and used the proceeds to fund a secret war in Nicaragua.
1987: President Reagan demands that soviet premier Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall.
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!”
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1990: Iraqi troops invade Kuwait sparking the Persian Gulf War.
The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991) was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 34 nations.
1992: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, George H. W. Bush formally declares the end of the cold war.
Mr. Gorbachev
Mr. Bush
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