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  2. Nixon shock - Wikipedia

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    The Nixon shock was the effect of a series of economic measures, including wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold, taken by United States President Richard Nixon on 15th August 1971 in response to increasing inflation.

  3. Nixonomics - Wikipedia

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    In August the government had made a new plan for the economy with rather extreme measures, measures which would later be dubbed "Nixon Shocks". The plan was announced on August 15, 1971 in a national televised address. Nixon declared that the gold window would be closed and that gold would no longer be transferable to US dollars. This created ...

  4. August 1971 - Wikipedia

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    August 15, 1971: Emirate of Bahrain declares independence August 31, 1971: The old British penny, worth 1/240th, discontinued as decimalisation begins August 22, 1971: Colonel Hugo Banzer leads revolution to overthrow president of Bolivia August 2, 1971: Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott's replicates Galileo's experiment on the Moon

  5. August 15 - Wikipedia

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    August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.

  6. List of executive actions by Richard Nixon - Wikipedia

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    August 2, 1971 163 11614 Establishing the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs August 5, 1971 164 11615: Providing for stabilization of prices, rents, wages, and salaries August 15, 1971 165 11616 Amending Executive Order No. 11491, relating to labor-management relations in the Federal service August 26, 1971 166 11617

  7. 1971 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth. August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. August 15 – President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.

  8. How events unfolded in Ballymurphy in August 1971

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    Ten people were fatally wounded in gunfire involving the army in west Belfast over three days in August 1971.

  9. History of the United States (1964–1980) - Wikipedia

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    By the summer of 1971, Nixon was under strong public pressure to act decisively to reverse the economic tide. On August 15, 1971, he ended the convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold, which meant the demise of the Bretton Woods system, in place since World War II. As a result, the U.S. dollar fell in world markets.