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Nixon's Birth
Today is the day of Richard Nixon's birth. -
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Nixon Birth - Presidency - Watergate - Death
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Nixon becomes vice president of the United States of America
1953- 1960 Richard Nixon serves as vice president to Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Nixon defeated by John F. Kennedy
GOP presidential nominee Nixon was defeated by John F. Kennedy - losing out on the presidency. -
Nixon defeated by Jerry Brown
Nixon runs for governor of California – defeated by Jerry Brown -
Nixon becomes President of United States of America
Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election -
Nixon visits China
Nixon Goes to China - a foreign policy triumph -
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Investigat ions
Howard Hunt makes repeated demands on Nixon’s associates for hush money for himself and others arrested in the Watergate break-in . Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigate the break-in and learn enough to suspect that the burglars are connected to the White House and that hush money is likely being paid to them. -
5 thieves arrested while breaking in to Democrat National Party headquarters at the Watergate in Washington, DC
Five burglars are arrested in the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.’s Watergate complex. They were attempting to place a wiretap on the telephone of the Committee chairman.
