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Nixon’s First Book: The Challenges We Face
Relatively unknown compared to Six Crises, Vice President Richard Nixon outlined his views on the pressing issues of the 1960 presidential election in his first published book The Challenges We Face. A collection of speeches and policy discussions from 1958 to 1960,...
10 Facts about Nixon the Presidential Candidate
1. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were the first U.S presidential candidates to take part in televised debates. The debate series was divided into four parts, each dealing with substantive issues of the time. For those who listened to the...
Public Enemy Number One: A Pragmatic Approach to America’s Drug Problem
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Nixon, with his newly appointed Drug authority at his side, declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” “In order to fight and defeat this enemy,” he continued, “ it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”...
President Nixon’s May 8th Decision: A Lesson in Leadership
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. —Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States In May 1972, President Nixon faced one of the great foreign policy...
Doug Schoen: Nixon’s Legacy in a New Light
Commentary: Nixon's Legacy in a New Light By Douglas Schoen Richard Nixon's enduring image as a political villain, his appeal to the silent majority of mostly middle-class Americans, and especially his notorious Southern strategy have contributed to a widespread view...
10 Things to Know About Nixon the Vice President
1. On July 24, 1959, Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev engaged in a series of heated discussions at an American exhibition in Moscow. As the two continued to debate, they moved through several exhibits including a television studio where part...
Jennie Eisenhower Remembers Her Grandmother
In a piece for TIME Magazine, President and Mrs. Nixon's granddaughter, Jennie Eisenhower, shares memories of her grandmother Pat Nixon on Mother's Day. Remembering Pat Nixon, My Grandmother, This Mother’s Day She represented the U.S. with dignity, warmth, spirit and...
10 Things You Need to Know About Nixon the Congressman
1. Richard Nixon won his first congressional election in 1946, where he defeated incumbent New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. This would be the first of many political victories for Nixon; he also won political elections in the years 1950,...
46 Years Ago – RN Announces Cambodia Incursion
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Nixon announced that the United States was going to attack North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries which were threatening allies from the Vietnamese-Cambodian border:Tonight, American and South Vietnamese units will attack...
Behind the Scenes of Apollo 13
Apollo 13 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida as an audience watches. On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13—manned by Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module pilot John L. Swigert, and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise-- launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape...