Chronology: Contemporary America (1970-present)

1970	U.S. troops invade Cambodia Killings at Kent State and Jackson State
1971	Pentagon Papers published
1972	Nixon goes to China Detente with Soviet Union Watergate break-in occurs Nixon defeats McGovern for presidency Haiphong Harbor mined by Americans
1973	Vietnam Peace Accords signed Roe v. Wade decision permits abortions Israeli-Arab fight Yom Kippur War Vice-president Agnew resigns
1974	Impeachment proceedings begin against Pres. Nixon U.S. v. Richard Nixon rules that tapes must be turned over Nixon resigns and Ford succeeds him Ford pardons Nixon
1975	South Vietnam falls
1978	Supreme Court issues Bakke decision Camp David accords signed
1979	U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations Iran deposes shah Soviet Union invades Afghanistan Three-Mile Island nuclear accident Sandinistas overthrow Somoza in Nicaragua
1980	U.S. boycotts Moscow Olympics Reagan elected president
1981	Hostages released in Iran Reagan breaks air traffic controller strike
1982	Equal Rights Amendment fails to be ratified by states Severe recession Marines killed in Lebanon U.S. invades Grenada
1983	Unemployment surpasses 10% Reagan proposed Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")
1985	U.S. bombs Libya U.S. begins secret Iran-arms negotiations
1986	Iran-Contra scandal breaks
1989	China crushes revolt in Tiananmen Square Berlin Wall falls U.S. invades Panama to capture Noriega
1990	Iraq invades Kuwait Bush agrees to higher taxes in budget after promising "No new taxes"
1991	Operation Desert Storm launched Commonwealth of Independent States formed from 11 former Soviet republics
1993	Clinton defeats Bush for presidency
1998	Clinton announces first balanced budget in 20 years Clinton faces sex and perjury charges in inquiry over White House intern Monica Lewinsky

Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHistory.html (31 March 1998).

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