Richard Nixon was born on 9 January 1913 in Birthplace of Richard Nixon. An American Republican politician from California, Nixon was a congressman, senator and vice president under Dwight Eisenhower before narrowly losing the 1960 presidential election and then winning in 1968. As the 37th president, he opened relations with China in 1972, pursued détente with the Soviet Union and signed the first arms-limitation agreements, and he ended American involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973. The Watergate scandal, involving a break-in at Democratic offices and its cover-up, led the House Judiciary Committee to vote articles of impeachment, and in August 1974 Nixon became the only US president to resign. Gerald Ford pardoned him.
Before and after
- 1913Rise of Constructivism
- 1913The Little Mermaid
- 1913Founding of Parma Calcio 1913
- 1913Ford introduces the moving assembly line
- 9 January 1913Birth of Richard Nixon
- 2 February 1913Construction of Grand Central Terminal
- 4 February 1913Birth of Rosa Parks
- 12 March 1913Founding of Canberra
- 30 May 1913Treaty of London
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