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Birth
Parents were Hannah Nixon and Francis Nixon
Second out of 5 brothers -
Moved to Whittier
Richards Father moved from Yorba Linda, CA to Whittier, CA -
Graduation
Finished 3rd in his high school class winning numerous awards for being an all-star student -
Whitter college
Graduated with a Bachelors Degree in History -
Duke University of Law
Graduated from Duke -
Met Pat Ryan
Met Pat Ryan at a theatre group after graduating Duke University -
Marriage
Married Pat Ryan at Mission Inn in Riverside, California. -
OPA
Nixon worked as an attorney at the Office for Price Administration (OPA) in Washington D.C. -
US Navy
was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. -
House of Representatives
Richard was urged by republican leaders to run for a seat in The House of Representatives -
US Navy Lieutenant
Nixon was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy with the rank of lieutenant commander -
Tricia Nixon was Born
Pat and Richard welcomed their first child -
Julie Nixon was born
2nd daughter was born -
Senate
Was elected to US senate -
Checkers Speech
an address made by Nixon during his running for vice president -
Vice President
Elected VP for Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Kitchen Debate
went head-to-head with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev -
Runs for president
ran for president against JFK and was defeated by the smallest vote count in American history -
President
Elected president of the US -
Steps on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took mankind’s first steps on the moon while Nixon was president -
New Foreign Policy
new foreign policy doctrine in Guam that called for the United States to act within its national interest and keep all existing treaty commitments with its allies -
National Environmental Policy Act
Signed the National Environmental Policy Act -
Cambodia
announced military incursion into Cambodia -
Watergate Scandal
5 men broke into Watergate office stealing document and wiretapping phone of the re-election -
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon released some of the tapes from Watergate sandal -
Watergate Tapes
Supreme Court orders him to release tapes -
Resigning
Resigns from President of the US -
New Job
Worked as America’s Elder Statesman, advising his successors Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton -
Nixon-Frost Interview
Nixon-Frost interview became the most-ever watched political interviews in history -
Pat Nixon death
Pat Nixon died at home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, at the age of 81 -
Death
President Nixon died of stroke at 81 in New York City