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Richard M. Nixon is born.
He was born on January 9, 1913. He was born to Francis A. Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon, in a house that his father built in Yorba Linda, California. In 1922, he moved to Whittier. -
Nixon joins the Navy.
In 1942, Nixon joins the Navy. He had served in the South Pacific Area of World War II. -
Nixon runs presidential campaign.
Nixon ran with presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower as his VP in 1952. His ticket won by huge majority, and was reelected in 1956. -
Nixon visited Moscow.
Nixon visits Moscow in 1959 to open the U.S. trade fair. He had a famous "kitchen debate" with Russian Premier Khrushchev. -
Nixon runs a presidential campaign the second time.
Nixon ran for president in 1960, losing to JFK (John F. Kennedy) by only 113,000 votes in the closest election in U.S. History. -
Nixon becomes president.
In 1968, Nixon is nominated for president. He won against VP Hubert Humphrey. He was also reelected inh 1972, defeating Sen. George McGovern. -
Nixon creates an office.
NHixon creates the Office of Minority Business Enterprise in 1969 to increase business opportunity. -
Nixon establishes a plan.
Nixon establises the "Philadelphia Plan" in 1969 to increase hiring of minority-owned contractors on big Federal projects, and affirmative action programs setting goals and timetables for minority hiring. -
Nixon welcomes home astronauts.
Nixon welcomes home the Apollo XI astronauts after their historic 1969 landing on the Moon. -
Nixon opens an agency.
Nixon establises the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. -
Nixon extends a Rights Act.
Nixon extended the Voting Rights Act in 1970, abolishing voter literacy tests. -
Nixon lauches a war.
Nixon lauches a War on Cancer in 1971, a $100-million project creating the National Cancer Centers. -
Nixon travels to China.
Nixon travels to China in 1972 to bein the normalization of relations through historic meetings with chinese leaders in Peking, China. -
Nixon signs treaty.
Nixon signs the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev in 1972, in Moscow. -
Nixon attends Summit I.
Nixon attends Summit I in Moscow in 1972, becoming the first American President to make an official state visit to the Soviet Union. -
Nixon signs another treaty.
Nixon signs the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT I) with Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev in 1972, in Moscow. -
Nixon signs the title.
Nixon signs the Title IX in 1972 prohibiting gender bias at college and universities receiving Federal aid. -
Nixon issues the Communique.
Nixon issues the U.S. - China Shanghai Communique in February 1972, which has goverened Sino-U.S. relations ever since. -
Nixon supportes Israel.
Nixon supports Israel with massive aid during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which Prime Minister Golda Meir said saved her country. -
Nixon hosts the largest dinner.
Nixon welcomes home the American POW's from Vietnam by hosting the largest dinner ever held at the White House on May 24, 1973. -
Nixon resigns.
Nixon resigns from Presidency in 1974 as a result of the Watergate incident, returning to La Casa Pacifica in Orange County, California. Use the link below to read Nixon's resignation speech. http://watergate.info/nixon/resignation-speech.shtml -
Richard M. Nixon dies.
He died in New York City, New York, US at age 81. He had suffered a severe stroke on April 18, 1994, while preparing to eat his dinner in his Park Ridge, New Jersey home. He died at 9:08 p.m. with his daughters at his bedside. He currently rests beside his wife on the grounds of Nixon Library.
