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| 1 | 1971 | |
| 2 | 1974 | - 1974: House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first president to do so (Aug. 8). Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th president of the U.S. (Aug. 9). Ford grants “full, free, and absolute pardon” to ex-president Nixon (Sept. 8).
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| 3 | 1975 | - 1975: Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia (April). American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued in operation by U.S. Navy and Marines, 38 of whom are killed (May 15).
Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15). President Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 5). President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22).
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| 4 | 1977 | - 1977: MRI - Magnetic resonance imaging invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
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| 5 | 1978 | - 1978: Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6);
New Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); He is succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
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| 6 | 1980 | - 4 Nov 1980: Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep
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| 7 | 1981 | - 1981: President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30). Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14). Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on Supreme Court (July 7).
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| 8 | 1982 | - 2 Dec 1982: Permanent artificial heart implanted in human for first time in Dr. Barney B. Clark, 61, at University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City
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| 9 | 1983 | - 18 Jun 1983: Sally K. Ride, 32, first U.S. woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger
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| 10 | 1987 | - 21 Dec 1987: Pan-Am 747 explodes from terrorist bomb and crashes in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on ground.
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1971 - 1987 (16 years)