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2004 Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92

1999 Elliot Richardson, honest US attorney general, fired by Nixon after he refused to fire Archibald Cox, dies at 79

1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California

1994 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of stroke at 81

1994 Richard M. Nixon, American President

1994 Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later

1993 Harry Haldeman, Nixon's cabinet member (1968-73), dies

1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67

1993 Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81

1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine

1991 Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day

1990 Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California

1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox

1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon

1983 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr. Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78

1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1981 Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes

1981 1st Richard Nixon museum opens in San Clemente, California

1980 Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79

1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail

1978 Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974

1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers

1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon

1975 David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon

1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes

1974 President Gerald Ford, assumes office after Richard Nixon's resignation

1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th president

1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9

1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in

1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up

1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee

1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment

1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes

1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon

1974 U.S. president Nixon visits U.S.S.R.

1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment

1974 President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings

1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House

1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up

1974 U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee

1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon

1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape

1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate

1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"

1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline

1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal

1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica

1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athelete of 1st century

1973 U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox

1973 Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP

1973 President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout

1973 Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout

1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996

1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation

1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"

1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up

1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al

1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"

1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law

1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War

1973 President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam

1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks

1972 President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)

1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate

1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports

1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord

1972 U.S. president Nixon begins visit Moscow

1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China

1972 President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique

1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing

1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China

1972 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China

1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle

1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term

1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan

1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents

1971 President Nixon announces he would visit China

1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House

1971 President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus

1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days

1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China

1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free

1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House

1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam

1970 President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses

1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18

1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court

1970 President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71

1970 U.S. president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)

1969 Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon

1969 President Nixon visits Romania

1969 Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August

1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970

1969 President Nixon visits West-Berlin

1969 Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president

1968 Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower

1968 President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor

1968 Nixon elected 37th President of U.S., defeating Hubert Humphrey

1968 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C. Wallace for presidency

1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"

1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres

1968 Former VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for president

1967 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement

1966 Cynthia Nixon, born in New York City, actress, Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief

1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more

1960 John F. Kennedy (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th U.S. president

1960 John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City)

1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY

1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate

1960 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate

1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago)

1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate

1960 VP Nixon nominated for President at Republican convention in Chicago

1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate

1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet

1959 VP Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate"

1959 VP Richard Nixon begins visit on U.S.S.R.

1959 Otis Nixon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers

1958 Cindy Nixon, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1958 Rioters attack U.S. VP Nixon in Venezuela

1958 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru

1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America

1957 Mojo Nixon, American Musician

1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF

1955 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon

1953 U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi

1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech

1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Washington D.C., daughter of Richard Milhaus

1948 David Eisenhower, Eisenhower's grandson, married Julie Nixon

1947 David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon

1946 Tricia Nixon Cox, Richard Milhaus' daughter, or 0202

1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary, Nixon

1929 William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon

1929 Marni Nixon, singer, for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr

1925 John D Erlichman, Politician, Nixon aide, Watergate

1921 Roger Nixon, composer

1920 William Egan Colby, CIA director, Nixon

1917 Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes

1913 John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail

1913 Richard M. Nixon, 37th President, 1968-74

1912 Pat Nixon, 1st lady, 1968-74

1900 Helen Gahagan Douglas, Nixon's 1st opponent/, Rep-D-Ca

1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)



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