7.15.1971 – RN Accepts Invitation to China

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...

George Shultz and the Reagan White House

PBS will be airing the second and third episodes of a documentary on the Reagan White House seen through the eyes of former Secretary of State George Shultz the two following Mondays. Shultz served as Secretary of Labor, Director of OMB, and Secretary of the Treasury...

George Steinbrenner 1930-2010

Legendary Yankee owner, entrepreneur and President Nixon’s good friend George Steinbrenner died this morning. He was 80. In 1973, Steinbrenner purchased the Bronx Bombers and over the next thirty-six years, brought them to the pinnacle of America’s...