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Timeline of United States history (1970-present)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1970 to the present.

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1970 - Environmental Protection Agency enacted
1971 - 26th Amendment
1974 - Richard Nixon resigns Presidency
1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President
1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President
1978 - Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act
1978 - Camp David Accords (1978)
1979 - Iran Hostage crisis[?] begins

1980 - Refugee Act
1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President
1981 - Kemp Roth Tax Cuts
1986 - Tax Reform Act of 1986
1986 - Gramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget Act
1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President

2001 - George W. Bush becomes President
2001 - World Trade Center and The Pentagon attacks
2002 - Homeland Security Act

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