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The Richard M. Nixon Timeline

  • November 5, 1968Nixon is elected 37th President of the United States.

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    Nixon Elected President

  • Meets Vietnam President

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • Woodstock Music Festival

  • Apollo 12 launch

  • Signs National Environmental Act of1969

  • Apollo 13 Mission Aborted

  • Jordan Crisis

  • Apollo 14 lands on moon

  • End of U.S.- China embargo

  • March against Vietnam War

  • Indo-Pakistani War

  • Announces candidacy for 2nd term

  • Visits People's Republic of China

  • Christmas bombing of Vietnam

  • Mining of Vietnamese harbors

  • Visits USSR signs SALT

  • wATERGATE BURGLARS ARRESTED

  • Accepts GOP Presidential nomination

  • Terrorists kill 11 Israeli athletes at Olympic games

  • Nixon Reelected President

  • Presidential Inauguration

  • Roe vs Wade Confirmed in US Supreme Court

  • Peace Treaty ends Vietnam War in Paris

  • Senate begins Watergate Investigation

  • Nixon accepts responsibility for Watergate Affair

  • Yom Kippur War

  • Gerald Ford replaces Spiro Agnew as Vice president

  • Starts Middle East Peace Talks

  • Visits Soviet Union

  • Announces Resignation

  • Leaves Office