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Nixon is born
Richard Nixon was born Jannuary 9 1913 in Yobra Linda CA -
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Nixon's life
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Frank Nixon sells home and they move
sell home and lemon grove in Yorba Linda. Family moves to nearby Whittier. -
Graduates high school
finishes third in his high school class -
graduates from Duke University Law School in Durham
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marries Pat Ryan at the Mission Inn in Riverside
asked on the first Date -
Gets a seat in congress
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first daughter, Tricia is born.
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named to a special select committee
named by the Speaker of the House to a special select committee, led by Representative Christian Herter of Massachusetts, tasked with traveling throughout Europe and preparing a report on the Marshall Plan. -
Julie is born.
second daughter, -
gets a Senate seat
is elected to the U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democratic Congresswoman and one-time Hollywood starlet Helen Gahagan Douglas. -
senator Nixon is elected as Vice President.
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refuses false charges
gives his famous televised Checkers Speech, refuting false charges of fiscal impropriety, retaining his position as Vice Presidential candidate to -
Kitchen Debate
goes head-to-head with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the merits of freedom versus communism at the American Exhibition in Moscow in what became famously known as the ‘Kitchen Debate.’ -
Runs for president and lost
runs for President against Senator John F. Kennedy, participates in the first televised debates, and loses by the smallest popular-vote margin in American history. -
Six Crises
In1962 writes his first book, Six Crises -
Nominated for President
August 8, 1968 is nominated as the Republican candidate for President, and pledges to bring the nation together. -
President
November 5, 1968 is elected President of the United States, beating Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Alabama Governor George Wallace in the General Election. -
First trip as a President
makes his first foreign trip as President to Europe, visiting France, Great Britain, Belgium, and the Vatican. -
End of Vietnam
November 3, 1969 gets overwhelming support following a televised address announcing his plan to honorably end the Vietnam War. -
Sign soviet agreement
May 21-27, 1972 journeys to the Soviet Union and signs historic agreement on the limitation of strategic arms with Premier Leonid Brezhnev. -
Re-Elected by a land slide
November 7, 1972 is re-elected with largest mandate in American history, winning 49 out 50 states, and nearly 61 percent of the popular vote -
Ends U.S involvment in Vietnam
January 27, 1973 the Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. military involvement in Vietnam -
POW dinner
May 24, 1973 President and Mrs. Nixon host the POWs at the White House, to date the largest dinner ever held at the Mansion. -
Prevent Nuclear WAR
June 22, 1973 Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev visits the United States for the Summit II talks. A Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement is signed. -
Resigns beacaue of the Watergate Tapes
August 8, 1974 announces decision to resign as President of the United States. -
Watergate Interview
Summer 1977 tapes the Nixon-Frost interviews. With over 45 million people watching, it became the most ever watched political interview in history. -
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finishes 4 books
1982 finishes his fourth book, Leaders.
1984 finishes his fifth book, Real Peace.
1987 finish his sixth book, No More Vietnams.
1988 finishes his seventh book, 1999: Victory Without War -
dies at 81
April 22, 1994 suffering a stroke four days earlier, President Nixon dies at 81 in New York City.