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- In 1972, Mark Spitz made Olympic history by
- winning seven gold medals. Here are some
- things that were going on in the rest of the
- world that year:
-
- ΓÇô U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China.
- The two countries agreed to improve their
- relationship.
-
- ΓÇô After a four-year calm, the U.S. continued
- heavy bombing in North Vietnam after the
- North Vietnamese attacked the demili-
- tarized (or neutral) zone.
-
- ΓÇô President Nixon became the first U.S.
- President to visit Moscow, in the Soviet
- Union. There, he met with Soviet leaders
- and completed a military arms agreement.