Jul 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Continuing the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, a Nixon Legacy Forum on President Nixon’s whole legacy was held in the Nixon Library Theater. How Will Richard Nixon be Remembered: The Legacy of the 37th President...
Jul 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Nixon family, friends, administration alumni, and Foundation supporters gathered at the President and First Lady’s home in San Clemente on Friday evening for an unforgettable poolside dinner and anecdotes from those who knew them best. Allergan and Roger’s...
Jul 16, 2010 | Library & Foundation, News
This weekend marks the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Richard Nixon Library, and the Orange County Register today devotes three articles to it. In one article, reporter Jessica Terrell describes the events planned to mark the occasion this weekend,...
Jul 16, 2010 | News, Space, The New Nixon
The historical launch of Apollo 11, a NASA project to land the first humans on the moon and return them safely to Earth, occurred on July 16, 1969, at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:32 AM EST. On the eve of the launch, President Nixon expressed to the Apollo 11...
Jul 16, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Visitors came to pay their respects to President and Mrs. Nixon at the opening of the Nixon Library’s 20th Anniversary Friday, as daughter Tricia Nixon Cox laid a wreath at their memorial sites of her parents. Cox was escorted by the President’s younger...
Jul 15, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Although President Nixon’s speech on the 15th of July, 1971, only lasted three and a half minutes, it produced one of the greatest diplomatic surprises of the century. He began his speech in a Burbank, California, television studio at precisely 7:30pm. The purpose was...
