I was in the East Room of the White House on August 9, 1974, standing along the wall while Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, said farewell to the staff. After his maudlin and ...

Nixon came to power in 1969 in a landslide, having famously lost to John F. Kennedy eight years previous. "The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep," he said.

In 1969, as the anti-war movement was reaching a peak, Richard Nixon’s White House staff debated what they could do to “show the little bastards” what kind of man they were up against.

Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1969, on a pledge to achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.

In 1969, President Richard Nixon delivered his Inaugural address in Washington D.C. after winning the 1968 Presidential election against Hubert Humphrey. More for You.

Read the full text of President Nixon's first inaugural address, given Jan. 20, 1969: Sen. Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, my fellow ...

On this day in 1969, President Richard M. Nixon made his eighth visit to South Vietnam but his first as president. He made a previously unannounced 5½-hour stopover in the war-torn nation.

The protest, Nixon wrote in his memoirs, “had destroyed whatever small possibility may still have existed of ending the war in 1969. But there was nothing I could do about that now.” ...

West Berlin, West Germany, Feb. 27, 1969: West Berliners came out in droves to welcome President Richard Nixon to their city. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars ...

Slingshot News. Remembering Richard Nixon's First Inaugural Address In 1969. Posted: December 2, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. After winning the 1968 Presidential election, Richard Nixon ...