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Richard Nixon was born Jannuary 9 1913 in Yobra Linda CA
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sell home and lemon grove in Yorba Linda. Family moves to nearby Whittier.
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finishes third in his high school class
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asked on the first Date
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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.
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second daughter,
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is elected to the U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democratic Congresswoman and one-time Hollywood starlet Helen Gahagan Douglas.
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gives his famous televised Checkers Speech, refuting false charges of fiscal impropriety, retaining his position as Vice Presidential candidate to
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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.’
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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.
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In1962 writes his first book, Six Crises
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August 8, 1968 is nominated as the Republican candidate for President, and pledges to bring the nation together.
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November 5, 1968 is elected President of the United States, beating Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Alabama Governor George Wallace in the General Election.
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makes his first foreign trip as President to Europe, visiting France, Great Britain, Belgium, and the Vatican.
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November 3, 1969 gets overwhelming support following a televised address announcing his plan to honorably end the Vietnam War.
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May 21-27, 1972 journeys to the Soviet Union and signs historic agreement on the limitation of strategic arms with Premier Leonid Brezhnev.
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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
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January 27, 1973 the Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
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May 24, 1973 President and Mrs. Nixon host the POWs at the White House, to date the largest dinner ever held at the Mansion.
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June 22, 1973 Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev visits the United States for the Summit II talks. A Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement is signed.
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August 8, 1974 announces decision to resign as President of the United States.
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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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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 -
April 22, 1994 suffering a stroke four days earlier, President Nixon dies at 81 in New York City.