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Ronald Reagan (Peyton) Richard Nixon (Matt) Mikhail Gorbachev (johanna) Lyndon B. Johnson (Peyton) Jimmy Carter (Caroline) Gerald Ford (Caroline) Bill Gates (Hunter) Mao Tse-Tung (johanna) Ho Chi Minh (Matt) Jimi Hendrix (Hunter)
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Vietnam War (johanna) SALT, 1969-1979 (Peyton) Watergate, 1972-1974 (Matt) Kennedy Assassination,1963 Caroline <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">OPEC Embargo, 1973 (Peyton) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Apollo 11, 1969 Matt <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Camp David Accord, 1978 (Caroline) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Founding of Apple, 1976 (Hunter) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Election of 1968 (johanna) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Woodstock, 1969 (Hunter)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Events **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Jimi Hendrix (Hunter)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Jimi Hendrix was an American musician and singer-songwriter who gained great acclaim during the late sixties and early seventies. He is often regarded as the greatest electric guitarist in history and he widely influenced other musicians of his era and beyond. After gaining fame in 1967, Hendrix headlined the famous and notorious Woodstock music festival in 1969. He was inducted into the Us Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the UK Music Hall of Fames, and was listed as the greatest guitarist of all-time by Rolling Stone Magazine.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Headlined Woodstock in 1969
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Was only in the limelight for three years before his death
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Best friend to Eric Clapton
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Popularized the use of the wah-wah pedal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Regarded as the greatest electric guitarist of all-time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Bill Gates
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Bill Gates is an American business giant, investor, author, philanthropist, and the co-founder of Microsoft. Along with Paul Allen, Gates founded the software company Microsoft in 1976 after dropping out from Harvard. During his career at Microsoft he served as CEO, President, chief software architect, and chairman. He has been listed as one of the richest men in the world multiple times and also, has been voted as one of the most powerful men of the modern era. In 1999 his wealth was estimated at over $101 Billion dollars and he and his wife have donated over $28 billion to charity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Co-founded Microsoft in 1976
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Dropped out of Harvard
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Served as CEO, President, chief software architect, and chairman for Microsoft
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Donated over $28 Billion to charity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Founded the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Ronald Reagan (Peyton) [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zJ-ih1fU3BW_HlNG7FKEYLR11zXy0N7d9r6DPcflIqQig53_srTEZihKsX1UFEw4un20MEAd8ljUzJCrZFLla0UNtyv3Fh99E8R49n014fR1Bfr34LU width="247px;" height="204px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States and served from 1981-89. Reagan is well known for his economic philosophy called “Reaganomics” or supply-side economics which advocates for lower taxes, lack of government economic interference and a regulated money supply to stop inflation. Reagan was also well known for his dealings in foreign policy. Through, the invasion of Grenada, the ending of the Cold War, the bombing of Libya, and the Iran-Contra affair, Reagan was not afraid of foreign involvement. Additionally, Reagan is known for his negotiations with Gorbachev resulting in such actions as the INF treaty which lead to a road of nuclear disarmament.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Was an actor before becoming president
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Served as the 33rd governor of California
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Survived an assassination attempt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 1994
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Declared a war on drugs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Mikhail Gorbachev
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;"> A former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Lyndon B. Johnson (Peyton) [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_6fAqRgXySlev9PjjYXoWAQh8OL9prVXcGbEPDxf21q54cXmUWm69VGBtlQq8rNhjT1jJ0wqFhCzTo8af8A0jrnyDKaKL-DwVn-b6NjioCHUmohOVHA width="204px;" height="247px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">LBJ was the 36th president of the United States and succeeded President JFK after his assassination in 1963. LBJ is most remembered for his “Great Society” initiatives which accompanied his war on poverty. This domestic policy also included legislation that upheld civil rights, public broadcasting, environmental protection, and Medicare/Medicaid. However, Johnson’s domestic aspirations and popularity would be overshadowed by the economic, political, and social burden caused by the Vietnam war.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle name is Baines
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">He is one of only four people to serve in all four elected federal offices - senator, representative, vice president, and president.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Sworn in as president on air force one just over two hours after JFK’s assassination.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Did not run for second term as president.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Jimmy Carter [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/16PduGC3H0O-N0uLSP-8DfY3lWohufUB0kMWa3fe6qo5uNpgki7H-ZUZsI1-ZQIplYJ1zVb0aaklt7OjEfYEiutlEy-w5qfnfrNPsNKn9O5su6tvAA0 width="188px;" height="260px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">James Earl “Jimmy” Carter was the 39th President of the United States. He was also the only president to receive a Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office. He serves as a US Naval officer, a peanut farmer and served two terms as Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia. While in office, he created two new cabinet level departments, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. In foreign policy, he pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of SALT II, and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. He was a strong advocate for human rights. The US economy began and remained in stagflation during his term. The end of his presidency was marked with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Vietnam War era draft evaders pardoned 1977
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">US officially recognizes People’s Republic of China 1979Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-81
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Mile Usland Incident 1979
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Camp David Accords 1978
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Panama Canal Treaty
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Gerald Ford [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Sxb8IrUkL5zRgy9rJlmRlWScmkqzImFo5LHpTKXVIj9PFRvcA3hvcNrlFLve5HXRVOaaAiQ_7zZ00V7smedJedtIxEBYRXn_xTx7ncVJllYs7h5t2uo width="176px;" height="258px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford JR. was the 38th President of the US. He served as the 40th Vice President of the US under Richard Nixon. He was the first President who was never elected President nor Vice President by the electoral college. He served 25 years as the Representative from Michigan’s 5th congressional district. During his presidency he signed the Helsinki Accords, moving towards Detente in the Cold War.The involvement in Vietnam had ended during his term. He made a controversial act when he granted a Presidential pardon to Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Granted Nixon an unconditional pardon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Campaign Reform Law 1974
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Communist victory in Southeast Asia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">took office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Signed Helsinki Agreement 1975
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Richard Nixon [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/aTkrlMu6vMfQ9-Mg4t8rpAQOM-yRlbh1CcD_bri_227pwG6kyU4kYAKQYtxeCJiGO2sq_fblwOR7z2Vk8-1dw8pO3PvU1tYffETQO79r7gcrIDUnjw0 width="365px;" height="251px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">As the 37th President of the US, Richard Nixon was one of the more influential Cold War Era presidents. Under his control, the US entered into a new period of foreign relations with the Soviet Union in which there were relaxed tensions and less spending on nuclear warfare. Also, Nixon was primarily responsible for getting the US out of Vietnam, even though Gerald Ford was actually president when the war ended. Domestically, Nixon’s policy was “New Federalism”, which involved proposed loans to the states to help curb inflation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Skilled member of the House Un-American Activities Committee persecuting communists.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Vice President during Eisenhower’s presidency
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Enacted a policy of “Vietnamization” to allow for the Vietnamese to take over as Americans left.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Relaxed American tensions with the Soviet Union in a period of detente
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Resigned from presidency due to the Watergate Scandal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Moa Tse-Tung
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">A Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution. He was the architect and founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949, and held authoritarian control over the nation until his death in 1976. His theoretical contribution to Marxism–Leninism, along with his military strategies and brand of policies, are collectively known as Maoism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Ho Chi Minh [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SWaewRUfu5ISHAmbUzpb37mdRBvdx2uSrnZuvBnVp6z7ZhiXLcVqxgtW-xy9V42Z7aiIBUKskQQuDGLyZrwBpEPHZMg0YZWmUI4qWb-Sk6xFeP5_WcU width="198px;" height="254px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Ho Chi Minh was the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. After world war II, he, along with his followers called the Vietminh, took control of Vietnam and formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, not knowing that his country was to be divided between the victors of the war. It was decided that the Vietminh would control only half of the country, which angered Ho, and the Vietnam war began. This was a war that resulted in a great loss of American lives, and became very unpopular back home.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Led the Vietminh, a group of Vietnamese communists in control of North Vietnam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Helped start the Vietnam war, the only lost war in US History
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Indirectly encouraged the Hippie movement and directly encouraged Communism

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Events <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vietnam War
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five things that impacted development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Fall of Saigon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">S.E.A.T.O
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Conterinsurgency
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Containment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Communism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Gorilla war far was fought against the anti Communist countries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Vietnamese forces relied on air force
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">War peaked at tet offencive
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">North Vietnam supported by Communists, south supported by anti Communists
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> SALT (Peyton) [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/sClwXFtd7VVpd3EAohvtz5x3Hc3KdgYuD53qgMmYEZN2EKlmsOWa8vlNoSJAPR2JPMNM3GgKTr9peHLipC4rmSkt_p4YUm5UZ5j6NaqSeeEryaHFaJY width="240px;" height="160px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">WWII
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Creation of Atomic Bomb
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Cold War
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Arms Race
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Space Race (ICBMs)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Two rounds of talks and international treaties regarding armament control
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Negotiations were held in Helsinki Finland in 1969
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">SALT I led to the Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">SALT II led to an agreement in 1979 which was abandoned due to Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The strategic arms limitation talks were extremely important because they started a turning point in the Cold war arms race. They would serve as the public recognition of the realization for the need to reduce nuclear weaponry. These talks would also serve as a precursor to the strategic arms reduction treaty in 1991 and 1993.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> OPEC Embargo (Peyton) [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xClNcy25vgDjzEZ_iAMFu8X2SLppCanePJhiHxLbMtx34wbk1PZcWdfarvgOI0ba7OkpO5ea4wPmnn6gpDYtOq2SCQSNMsrlGl8i61lcAOMXXRUsQMw width="237px;" height="212px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">WWII
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Formation of Israel
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Yom Kippur War
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">U.S. decision to resupply Israeli military
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle eastern tension
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">OPEC oil embargo caused the 1973 oil crisis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">October of 1973
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Arab members of OPEC plus Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia united in an oil embargo against the U.S.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Result in 1973 oil price shock
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The 1973 OPEC oil embargo was an important event in recent U.S. history. This embargo nearly caused another great depression due to the economic ramifications which ensued as a result of the oil price shock. Additionally, this embargo showed the flaw in the dependency of our nation on foreign oil. This crisis led to the 1973 energy crisis and required the certain innovations in early green energy attempts in the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Founding of Apple, 1976 (Hunter)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">WWII
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Cold War
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">National Defense Education Act
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Invention of Computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Homebrew Computer Club
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Apple 1, released as a circuit board, hit the market in July 1976
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Developed a low-cost-computer project called the Macintosh
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The first Macintosh was released in 1984
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The company now offers a wide range of products including iMac, iPad, iPhone, and numerous others.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the best computer companies in the business
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Apple Inc. is important due to their innovations in the field of personal computers and other technological advances. Early on Apple provided a great rival company to Microsoft, which in turn led to substantial competition pushing the desire for innovations and furthering technological advances. Their contributions to technology field have been numerous and in the past ten years they have overtaken the computer industry providing powerful and user friendly devices. Much of today's tools and gadgets can be attributed to Apple and their contribution to society has left a deep impact.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Woodstock, 1969 (Hunter)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Miami Pop Festival
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times Advertisement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Meeting between Lang, Kornfeld, Roberts, and Rosenman
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Creedence Clearwater Revival Signing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Jimi Hendrix Signing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">500,000 estimated concert-goers attended
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Rolling Stone said it was one of the 50 events that changed Rock and Roll
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Held in Bethel, New York in 1969
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the largest music festivals of all-time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Woodstock was a very important and influential event in not only Rock and Roll history, but music history as a whole. It changed the way Rock and Roll was perceived by the public and truly personified what Rock and Roll was. It was a culmination of the sentiments of the late 60s and how much of the counterculture pushed for just peace and music. It has been listed by Rolling Stone as one of the moments that changed Rock and Roll history.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Watergate Scandal [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p-7hZvLqpWuOdR8SykwXML8RkzSUsDcTmloffI2nHCsk1wWUt3IzJPzyM4CtEk3PqlutaQTXBK5SIdOhWkS8turuP_bXppWw2HWFrVjHfh-MtJ1pcSs width="241px;" height="287px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Nixon wins 1968 election
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Publishing of the Pentagon Papers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Investigation by Woodward and Bernstein, investigative reporters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Nixon records all conversations in the White House
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">A group of people tried to bug the DNC offices at Watergate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Nixon was found to be trying to cover up the incident
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Nixon was forced to give up tapes that recorded all White House conversations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">He was forced to resign before impeachment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">president Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon, creating great uproar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The Watergate scandal was one of the biggest and most influential political scandals of US history, and it inspired many scandals to have the -gate suffix in its honor. Furthermore, the result was one of the few presidents to be impeached or to resign due to imminent impeachment, something which is not to be overlooked. Watergate also changed investigative reporting for the better due to Woodward and Bernstein’s investigations, and it increased skepticism of the Federal Government.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Apollo 11 [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5Sn_jodlMizCZHoTBeip9leI63UXJqHZLvZzWM8sYjqj7B0nsRoowWEzVBZKncKfr1lwaCezLY-QO0e4-COyxWV9RoOjGQCP8e6N5H3XqrmN5lLVi3I width="315px;" height="285px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Arms race with Soviet Union
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Launch of Sputnik
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become astronauts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Founding of NASA
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Shuttle departed Kennedy Space Center on July 16, landed on the moon five days later
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Neil Armstrong: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Command module named Columbia, lunar module named Eagle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Soviets attempted a moon landing with Luna 15 at the same time as Apollo 11, but it crash landed on the moon just a day after Armstrong and Aldrin walked the moon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The Apollo 11 mission was the culmination of the space race with the Soviets which began with the USSR launch of the shuttle Sputnik. As Armstrong said, it symbolized a massive leap forward for the technology of the US, as well as the Soviet Union, which lagged behind.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Kennedy’s Assassination [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZwYvErfQ44PkIDUYtLvQyMWGub1vxaXp-ZvLRzV4TV0Lxf5Fsdr3NEglFes090eIRXVKm7y-s7AAx7RcdRa4azpzscjZ9vJjt1h1zKVpInKu8gDP81o width="275px;" height="183px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">5 things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Insufficient restrictions on the sale of firearms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">JFK was restructuring the CIA
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Restructure Federal Reserve System
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">wanted to shut down the war in Vietnam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">International capitalist cabal wanted to regain its stranglehold on the country
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots that killed JFK and injured two others
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Occurred at 12:30 central time in Dallas, Texas
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">10 month investigation by Warren Commission
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Lee Harvey Oswald was later killed by Jack Ruby
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Vice President LBJ was sworn in two hours after JFK’s death on Air Force One
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Fourth president to be assassinated. Many conspiracy theories and investigations went on for years. No one knows why, many believe it was a plot from outside influences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Camp David Accords [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/esRNhmBRPc0xokP5c7cHY3zrBVahwUUbBFixAJkJgkukdhfBnnIRW2vyh_DKdN-NYLdsFnjfIYGgShcyBSbSpIcBogSiPb6qYx8CKqemYHFf5y8onAc width="271px;" height="186px;"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">5 things that Impacted Development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">18 months of diplomatic efforts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">efforts initially focused on resolution of disputes between Israel and Arab countires
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Search for bilateral agreement between Israel and Eqypt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">President Carter wanted to rejuvenate Middle East Peace progress
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">based on the Geneva Conference
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">1978 between Israel and Egypt at Camp David, Md.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Signed March 26, 1979 in Washington DC
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">denounced by other Arab states
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">agreed to negotiate Palestinian autonomy measures in the Israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Importance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: baseline;">The document that provided the framework for peace in the Middle East

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