| 1972 |
Work |
"Contrabando y Traicon" |
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- Nixon in China
- SALT Agreement
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| 1973 |
Faith & Ideals |
"God Bless the U.S.A." |
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- Watergate hearings
- Arab Oil Embargo
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| 1975 |
Home |
"At Seventeen" |
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- Vietnam War Ends
- Helsinki Agreement
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| "I Was Born This Way" |
| United Divided |
"Chocolate City" |
| 1976 |
Moving Along |
"Convoy" |
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- U.S. Celebrates bicentennial
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| 1977 |
United/Divided |
"A.I.M. Song" |
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- Carter signs two new treaties with Panama
- Camp David Agreement (1978)
- Usenet begins (1979)
- Iran Hostage Crisis (1979)
- Soviety Invasion of Afghanistan (1979)
- Three Mile Island accident (1979)
- Salt II Treaty (1979)
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| War & Peace |
"Plastico" |
| 1980 |
War & Peace |
"In America" |
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- ABSCAM
- Wave of Cuban immigration
- 1/4 of all African Americans live in poverty
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| Work |
"9 to 5" |
| 1981 |
War & Peace |
"Controversy" |
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- Voyager 1 photographs Jupiter
- First space shuttle
- Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
- President Reagan shot
- Israel invades Lebanon
- Iran hostages released
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| 1982 |
United/Divided |
"Allentown" |
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- Sally Ride first woman in space (1983)
- First CD player sold (1983)
- Marines land at Grenada (1983)
- Apple Macintosh debuts (1984)
- Simpson Mazzoli Act (1984)
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| Home |
"The Message" |
| 1985 |
United/Divided |
"Russians" |
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- "Star Wars" technology research begins
- Microsoft Windows 1.0
- Arms talks between U.S. and Soviety Union
- U.S. has deficit of more than $200 billion
- Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
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| Home |
"Small Town" |
| Faith & Ideals |
"From a Distance" |
| "We Are the World" |
| 1986 |
Faith & Ideals |
"The Greatest Love of All" |
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| 1988 |
United/Divided |
"Self-Destruction" |
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| Home |
"Mountains O' Things" |
| Faith & Ideals |
"Man in the Mirror" |
1989
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United/Divided |
"Oye mi Canto" |
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- Exxon Valdez oil pill
- Berlin Wall opens up
- U.S. Forces invade Panama
- Iraqi forces invade Kuwait (1990)
- Paris Summit Bush & Gorbachev annnounce Cold War is over (1990)
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| "Ladies First" |
| Faith & Ideals |
"Fight in the Power" |
| 1991 |
United/Divided |
"If We Must Die" |
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- Tim Berners-Lee develops World Wide Web
- U.N. Airstrike launched on Kuwait
- Ceasefire signed between U.N. and Kuwait
- U.S. & Soviet Union sign START 1 Treaty
- Acquittal of officers involved in the Rodney King beating sets off LA riots (1992)
- 27th amendment added to the constitution (1992)
- START II treat (1993)
- World Trade Center bombing (1993)
- Siege of Branch Davidian compound (1993)
- NAFTA Agreement (1994)
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| 1995 |
United/Divided |
"Gangsta's Paradise" |
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- U.S. Troops in Bosnia
- Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing
- U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam
- Budget showdown between President & Congress results in partial government shutdown
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| Home |
"Mother Earth" |
| "Dear Mama" |
| 1997 |
War & Peace |
"Menominee Vietnam War Song" |
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| 1998 |
Home |
"Information Undertow" |
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- Two U.S. embassies in East Africa are bombed
- American forces launch 3 air strikes on Iraq
- House of Representatives approve two of four articles of impeachment
- Senate acquits Clinton of impeachment charges (1999)
- NATO launces airstrikes against Yugoslavia (1999)
- Columbine High School shootings (1999)
- U.S.-China Trade Agreement(1999)
- Panama gains control of Panama Canal from U.S. (1999)
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| Moving Along |
"Clandestino" |
