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Major Events
Chapter 39 · 1968–1980
Richard Nixon elected president
November 1968
Nixon announces the Vietnamization policy
1969
Nixon visits China
February 1972
Watergate break-in at the DNC headquarters
June 1972
Nixon reelected in a landslide
November 1972
Paris Peace Accords end U.S. combat role in Vietnam
January 1973
OPEC oil embargo triggers energy crisis
October 1973
Saturday Night Massacre
October 1973
Nixon resigns the presidency
August 1974
Ford pardons Nixon
September 1974
Fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War
April 1975
Jimmy Carter elected president
November 1976
Camp David Accords signed
September 1978
Iran hostage crisis begins
November 1979