Jul 15, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
The term “Nixon Shock” is generally made in reference to the August 15, 1971 speech in which President Nixon announced he would take the nation off the gold standard. But only one month prior there was an earlier Nixon shock, one which sparked lasting...
Jul 15, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger arrive in Burbank, California for the day’s major announcement. President Nixon prepares to deliver his groundbreaking announcement in an NBC studio in Burbank. When Henry Kissinger touched down in San Clemente on July 13 of...
Jul 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon attends the Appalachian Regional Governors Conference in Louisville, Kentucky on July 14 1970. “We are trying to bring the government to the people,” President Nixon said to a group of 11 Governors from the Appalachian Regional Commission...
Jul 10, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon, with French Ambassador Jacques Kosciusko-Horizet, receives a letter written by President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of France, July 10 1974. On July 10 1974, President Nixon met with the French Ambassador to the United States Jacques...
Jul 9, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon and others boating on Jackson Lake at the Grand Tetons National Park near Moran, Wyoming. On this day in 1970, President Nixon relayed a comprehensive message to the Congress of the United States regarding the proposed reorganization plans to establish...
Jul 9, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
Henry Kissinger meeting Chou Enlai for the first time, July 9 1971. After two years of backchannel exchanges and subtle signals of interest, Premier Chou Enlai of the People’s Republic of China on June 2 1971 delivered, in the words of National Security Council...
