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February 26th, 1972
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China invited the United States ping pong team to compete in the championship in Beijing. This event showed the possibility of relations being improved in China and the United States.
January 22, 1973
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The Supreme Court ruled that women have a right to choose whether or not to have an abortion due to the "rights to privacy" in the fourteenth amendment. The importance of Roe vs. Wade is that abortion was fully legalized nationwide giving women more rights.
Blackmun, Harry A.. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2019. 0-school-eb-com.elibrary.mel.org/levels/high/assembly/view/92649. Accessed 22 May. 2019.
October 1973
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The Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to put an oil embargo on the United States after the U.S. resupplied Israel during the Yom Kippur war. As the oil embargo strained the US economy, the the efforts of the president showed the shift in global financial balance of power to oil-producing states, and made the US try to address foreign policy challenges from dependence of oil.
Motor fuel ration book and vouchers. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/1321300849/1/1321300849/cite. Accessed 22 May 2019.
October 6, 1973
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Egyptian and Syrian forces decided to launch an attack against Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish Calendar Yom Kippur. The importance of this event is Israel won but lost many troops in the process due to the slowness of mobilizing from being away on Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur War. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2019. 0-school-eb-com.elibrary.mel.org/levels/high/assembly/view/227396. Accessed 22 May. 2019.
December 24th, 1979
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The Soviets supported the Afghan Communist government in their conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas by invading Afghanistan. This invasion was ultimately ineffective as there was mass desertions, so this played barely any role in the war itself as it settled into a stalemate.
Afghan War: Soviet armoured vehicle. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2019. 0-school-eb-com.elibrary.mel.org/levels/high/assembly/view/137120. Accessed 22 May. 2019.
Aug 20, 1985 - Mar 4, 1987
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The Iran Contra Affair was a secret trade of missiles and other arms to free some American hostages and Lebanon and supporting armed conflict in Nicaragua with funds. This was important as it ultimately brought down the presidency of Reagan creating a disconnect with the people and many others involved were prosecuted.
Iran-Contra Affair; North, Oliver. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2019. 0-school-eb-com.elibrary.mel.org/levels/high/assembly/view/11977. Accessed 22 May. 2019.
November 9, 1989
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East Germany took away the travel restrictions to West Germany and let citizens cross the wall. The fall of the wall is important because it showed communism starting to break down and people got more freedoms in the process, and it showed the divide between capitalism and communism thus breaking that.
Fall of Berlin Wall / Photo / Nov. 1989. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/109177028/1/109177028/cite. Accessed 22 May 2019.
February 26, 1993
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A terrorist bombing directed by Ramzi Yousef to avenge the sufferings of the Palestinian people by the hand of the United States. The importance of this bombing is this was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil.
"World Trade Center bombing of 1993." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 May. 2019. 0-school-eb-com.elibrary.mel.org/levels/high/assembly/view/219198#. Accessed 22 May. 2019.
December 11th, 1997
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The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and states that state parties should reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This protocol was seen as an important step in a global reduction of emission setting the framework for even more international agreement on climate change.
Kyoto Agreement On Global Warming Comes Into Force. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/1152680015/1/1152680015/cite. Accessed 22 May 2019.
August 7th, 1998
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The US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were almost attacked simultaneously by truck bombs killing over 200. The importance of these attacks is this showed just how impactful Osama Bin Laden's regime still was, and how important it was to take him out.
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright looks 18. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/1152760066/1/1152760066/cite. Accessed 22 May 2019.