Jun 9, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
First Lady Pat Nixon embraces homeless children during her visit to earthquake ravaged areas in Peru, June 1970. On June 8, 1970, President Nixon delivered a statement about the devastating earthquake that struck Peru a week prior on May 31. In the statement, the...
Jun 9, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
State Department telegram transmitting President Nixon’s message to President Pompidou of France, June 9, 1972. The War on Cancer in America began when President Nixon, in his State of the Union address of January 22, 1971, announced to Congress and the American...
Jun 8, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon and President Thieu address the media following their discussion of Vietnam strategy. On June 8, 1969 President Nixon met with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at Midway to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam and U.S....
Jun 6, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
As today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions of Normandy, the New Nixon Blog rewinds to 1969, when President Nixon issued a proclamation on the 25th anniversary of D-Day. Read the full proclamation below: Proclamation 3915 D-Day Twenty-Fifth Anniversary...
Jun 5, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
An elated United States Naval Academy graduate after receiving his diploma. President Nixon watches in amusement. On June 5, 1974, President Nixon addressed the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Having been the first class to...
Jun 5, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon announces Donald E. Johnson as his nominee for Administrator of Veterans Affairs on the lawn of the Newporter Inn – June 5, 1969. On the morning of June 5, 1969, prior to his departure for Hawaii in preparation for the Midway Island talks with...
