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On May 4, 1970 the ohio national gaurd opened fire into a busy college campus during a school day. A total of 67 shots were fired in 13 sec. Four student Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller,and Sandra Schearuer were killed. Nine students were wounded. A warm evening last July 13, an intense electrical storm accompanied by a heavy winds and rain moved southeast across Westchester County in the state of New York. When the lights went out on July 13th, unleashing what Time magazine called a "night of terror," New Yorkers wondered if their worst fears had finally come true. With each lightning strike (there were four in total, the first one at 8:37}.The City was under tremendous financial stress, forcing government officials to cut back city services. Many New Yorkers took to the streets in search of friends, neighbors, candles, and most importantly, an explanation. The police, for the most part, stood helpless. In some places, neighbors helped neighbors, and strangers helped strangers.     ** __The Watergate Scandal__ **  During the election burglars broke into the Democratic Party to put a “bug” on the telephones. Secret cameras caught the break in that Nixon Did not that happened. The White House discovered a secret taping system. President Nixon refuses to release the tapes the special points to. A decisive Supreme Court ruling is a victory for investigators. Nixon points to the transcripts of the White House tapes during a nationally televised speech on April 29, 1974. Nixon announced that he was making the tapes public and turning over the transcripts to the House impeachment investigators. It was a constitutional crisis that gave America a growing sense of disillusionment for their government. Having an administration under a President accused of being a part of a cover-up criminal activity shakes their faith in government and even leads to questioning of the morals of their leaders. After the Watergate incident, many people became cynical and pessimistic about the government and remains so even today.
 * __4 Students dead at Kent State__**
 * __The New York Blackout__**