One of the United States' biggest political scandals unfolded following the arrest of five burglars on June 17, 1972. The effect was such that President Richard Nixon had to resign from public office, ...

Ford's decision to pardon Richard Nixon, so divisive at the time that it probably cost him the 1976 election, was dealt with squarely in his funeral services by his old chief of staff, Vice ...

In 1968, Wilt Chamberlain was the biggest basketball star in the world and Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate for president. That year, they collaborated in an effort to help Nixon win over ...

Flags had also been at half-staff when Nixon was sworn in for his second term in January 1973, due to Nixon having ordered them lowered after the death of former President Harry S. Truman.

Former President Richard Nixon's 1973 inauguration occurred within the 30-day mourning period that followed the death of President Harry Truman, leading the flags to be flown at half-staff.

Richard Nixon, who passed away in 1994, was an exception. According to the association Nixon’s family opted for “a simple service at the Nixon Library and Birthplace in California, where in 1994 ...

Carter’s casket is departing the U.S. Capitol as part of a procession to the Washington National Cathedral for his funeral. Accompanied by a 21-gun salute, the procession has paused during a ...

In Georgia, eight military pallbearers held Carter's casket as canons fired on the tarmac nearby. They carried it to a vehicle that lifted it to the passenger compartment of the aircraft, the ...

Richard Nixon (37th President) Died: April 22, 1994 Funeral: A private service held at the Nixon Presidential Library in California, attended by world leaders and five living presidents.

Richard Nixon (37th President) Died: April 22, 1994 Funeral: A private service held at the Nixon Presidential Library in California, attended by world leaders and five living presidents.