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January 20, 1969 – Nixon becomes the 37th president, Agnew becomes the 39th vice president. 1969 – "Vietnamization" begins. 1969 – Author Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. 1969 – Stonewall riots in New York City marks the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the major parties of the two-party system have dominated presidential elections for most of U.S. history. [1] The two current major parties are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
This recession was one of the main causes of the American Civil War, which would begin in 1861 and end in 1865. This is the earliest recession to which the NBER assigns specific months (rather than years) for the peak and trough. [ 6][ 8][ 21] 1860–1861 recession. October 1860 – June 1861. 8 months.
1959–1960: The Caribbean: Second Marine Ground Task Force was deployed to protect U.S. nationals following the Cuban Revolution. [RL30172] 1955–1975 : Vietnam War : U.S. military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker.
August 7, 2024 at 1:03 AM. The anniversary of the 1969 York race riots just passed, a defining moment 55 years ago that has shaped York County to this day. Much has been written about the racial ...
1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created. 1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1971 – President Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard ...
If you were hitting the road in 1970, you paid an average of 36 cents for a gallon of gasoline, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That sounds like the steal of the century, but if you ...