Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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Richard Nixon in our timeline
- Nixon's Birth in Yorba Linda (January 9, 1913)
- The Kitchen Debate (July 24, 1959)
- Kennedy, Nixon, and the Television Age (September 26, 1960)
- Nixon Takes Office (January 20, 1969)
- Apollo 11 Returns to Earth (July 24, 1969)
- Nixon Commutes Hoffa's Sentence (January 10, 1971)
- South Vietnam Invades Laos (February 8, 1971)
- The New York Times Publishes the Pentagon Papers (June 13, 1971)
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