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President Nixon toasts President Katzir of Israel and former Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament Building-June 16, 1974. 40 years ago today, President Nixon became the first American President to visit Israel. His trip was a...

Onlookers and supporters at a train station as Presidents Nixon and Sadat ride toward Alexandria on June 13, 1974. On June 13, President Nixon and President Sadat answered questions from the press on an open railway carriage traveling from Cairo to Alexandria. While...

President Nixon toasting President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Mrs. Sadat in the gardens of Qubba Palace on June 12, 1974. On his journey of peace to the Middle East in June of 1974, President Nixon made his first stop in Egypt, the country at the center of the Middle...

Patricia "Tricia" Nixon and Edward Finch Cox 43 years ago today, President Nixon's eldest daughter Patricia "Tricia" Nixon married Edward Finch Cox. Mindful of her father's recommendation, Tricia decided to have her wedding at the White House. She was the 8th daughter...

To President Richard M. Nixon, "Baseball's Number One Fan." Featured at the Nixon Presidential Library's "Play Ball: Presidents and Baseball" exhibit is a gift President Nixon received from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie K. Kuhn. On July 22, 1969, the...

Several overtures made by the United States and the Chinese in 1971 culminated in President Nixon's journey to China in 1972. Having already given several subtle indications that the United States demonstrated genuine interest in establishing more normal relations...

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...

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...

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....

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...