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The 1970 United States elections were held on November 3, and elected the members of the 92nd United States Congress. The election took place during the Vietnam War, in the middle of Republican President Richard Nixon's first term.
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1970 – Coup in Syria, led by Hafez al-Assad. 1971 – Military coup in Uganda led by Idi Amin. 1973 – Coup d'état in Chile on September 11th, Salvador Allende was overthrown and killed in a military attack on the presidential palace. Augusto Pinochet takes power backed by the military junta.
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January 1 – President Nixon signs the National Environmental Policy Act.January 3 – Vice President Spiro Agnew says the US is warning other countries about treaty obligations made in Asia and that his country intends to follow its pledge while speaking to newsmen. Pres...January 4 – Vice President Agnew meets with Prime Minister of Thailand Thanom Kittikachorn in Thailand.January 8– The State Department announces the US and China are going to resume ambassadorial level meetings the upcoming January 20.February 1 – Vice President Agnew discloses an upcoming formation of a cabinet group to address desegregation court orders on southern school districts during an appearance on Face the Nation.February 2– President Nixon's federal budget for 1971 is released to Congress.February 3 – Vice President Agnew denounces charges against the Nixon administration of promoting euphoria on Vietnam while speaking to newsmen. President Nixon sends a letter to Speaker John McCor...February 4– President Nixon issues an executive order demanding federal facilities cease the usage of air and water polluting operations within the next three years.March 2– President Nixon attends a dinner honoring French President Pompidou at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City during the evening.March 3 – President Nixon submits a special message to Congress calling for education reform.President Nixon issues Executive Order 11513, establishing the President's Commission on School Finance.March 4– President Nixon transmits to Congress the annual report on the Foreign Assistance Program.March 5 – President Nixon signs Executive Order 11514 into law.President Nixon delivers an address at a ceremony following signing the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Inte...April 1– President Nixon denounces charges of racism against Carswell and accuses the opposition of trying to stop the nomination so they can fill the vacancy on the court with individuals sharing...April 2– Labor Secretary Shultz admits to seeing no solution in the dispute between railroad and shopcraft unions other than the enactment of a compulsory solution.April 3– President Nixon sends a special message to Congress requesting the first class postage rate be increased to 10 cents per letter as part of a pledge to increase postal worker wages by 14%.June 16– President Nixon addresses the nation on live television to outline his plan for combating inflation
July 4 – President Nixon holds a meeting with David K. E. Bruce during the morning and afternoon discussing diplomacy. American officials confirm a meeting between President of the Republic of Viet...July 9 – President Nixon sends a message to Congress recommending adoption of Reorganization Plans Nos. 3 and 4. Reorganization Plan No. 3 would create the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Re...October 1 – President Nixon holds a six-hour meeting with President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.President Nixon states his interest in learning about Yugoslavia during rem...October 2 – President Nixon delivers an address at Barajas Airport and receives the key to the city of Madridduring the afternoon.October 3– President Nixon gives a speech on leaving Spain as well as both the historic and personal value of traveling there at the Barajas Airport during the morning.October 4– President Nixon meets with David Bruce and Philip Habib during the Paris peace talks.November 1– Vice President Agnew condemns Democrats for lying as the presidential election approaches.November 4– President Nixon states his pleasure with the new Republican majority in the Senate while speaking to reporters.November 6 – President Nixon announces his appointing of William D. Ruckelshaus for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.November 8 – President Nixon meets with Conservative Party leaders Kieran O'Doherty and J. Daniel Mahoney and William F. Buckley, Jr.in Grand Cay Island.December 1– National Security Advisor Kissinger is learned to have been the subject of an antiwar kidnapping plot.December 2– The Senate votes 77 to 0 in favor of prohibition commercial airplanes from flying at super speeds over the US alongside the implementations of noise restrictions.December 3– Secretary of State Rogers delivers a pledge by President Nixon to not reduce American troops in the European continent until East European Communists agree to do so for their own soldie...December 4– President Nixon pledges an increase in the supply of crude oil in an attempt to curb gas and oil price increases during a speech in New York.People also ask
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Note: The President's remarks were videotaped on Tuesday, October 27, 1970, for broadcast at the halftime of regionally televised professional football games on Sunday, November 1, 1970, on time purchased by the Republican National Committee.
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President Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary Jody Powell and Frank Mankiewicz, George McGovern's 1972 Campaign Director, discussed the 1972 Democratic Convention in Miami Beach at which Sen. George...
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