Timeline of the Richard Nixon presidency

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The presidency of Richard Nixon began on January 20, 1969, when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States, and ended on August 9, 1974, when, in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, he resigned the presidency (the first U.S. president ever to do so).

1969

1970

1971

1972

  • January 2 – President Nixon explains his ordering of bombing within North Vietnam was due to a violation of a 1968 understanding that ceased bombing by the US during a nationally televised interview.[1]
  • January 3Jack Anderson claims that United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger complained about President Nixon giving him "hell every half hour" in regards to the India-Pakistan conflict and that Kissinger said this during a December 3, 1971 strategy session.[2]
  • January 4 – President Nixon pledges the US will become the leading maritime country in the world while speaking at a shipbuilding yard in
    San Diego, California.[3]
  • January 11 – President Nixon signs an executive order alongside issuing a memoranda setting ordering pay increases to over 118,000 federal blue collar workers.[4]
  • January 13 – President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 70,000 American troops over the course of the next three months in a statement during the White House press briefing.[5]
  • January 20 – President Nixon delivers the 1972 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress.[citation needed]
  • January 28 – President Nixon announces the creation of an Office of Drug Law Enforcement within the Justice Department for the overseeing of jailing of illicit drug dealers.[6]
  • January 29 – A White House source discloses that President Nixon was known as "Quarterback" in messages sent to Secretary of State Kissinger during negotiations with North Vietnam.[7]
  • January 30United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says a draft call will not take place until at least April during a televised interview.[8]
  • February 211972 visit by Richard Nixon to China
  • May 22 – President Nixon visits the Soviet Union.[9]
  • October 18Clean Water Act
  • November 7 – President Nixon wins re-election against Senator George McGovern from South Dakota, the Democratic candidate.
  • December 1 – The White House discloses that Treasury Secretary Schultz will remain in his position during the second term of President Nixon with expanded responsibilities.[10]
  • December 2 – Interior Secretary Morton strips the supervision rights of the three men involved in Indian affairs alongside announcing his taking of personal command of the endeavor.[11]
  • December 4 – The government announces the withholding of 689 million in federal welfare payments as part of an effort to dislocate those not needing the program from those eligible.[12]
  • December 26 – Former President Harry S. Truman dies

1973

1974

See also

References

  1. ^ Starr, Frank (January 3, 1972). "Infiltration is Blamed". Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ "Reports Nixon's Fury on India". Chicago Tribune. January 4, 1972.
  3. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 5, 1970). "U.S. Will Regain Leading Maritime Role, Nixon Says". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ "Order Raises for U.S. Workers". Chicago Tribune. January 12, 1972.
  5. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 14, 1972). "70,000 More GIs to Quit Viet by May 1, Nixon Says". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ "Nixon Unveils Vast U.S. Drug Program to Stamp Out Pushers". Chicago Tribune. January 29, 1972.
  7. ^ "Nixon Sends in His 'Plays' to Kissinger". Chicago Tribune. January 30, 1972.
  8. ^ "No Draft Before April, Laird Says". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 1972.
  9. ^ "Richard Nixon  – A Timeline » Richard Nixon Foundation". Richard Nixon Foundation. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  10. ^ "Schultz to Get Expanded Cabinet Room". Chicago Tribune. December 2, 1972.
  11. ^ "Three Aides Fired at Indian Bureau". Chicago Tribune. December 3, 1972.
  12. ^ "State Face U.S. Welfare Aid Cut for Failure to Check Recipients". Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1972.
  13. ^ "U.S. raises poverty level guidelines". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 1973.
  14. ^ Farrar, Fred (January 3, 1973). "May have bombed hospital: U.S." Chicago Tribune.
  15. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 4, 1973). "Congress warned it may prolong war by opposition". Chicago Tribune.
  16. ^ "Nixon and top aides discuss war, peace". Chicago Tribune. January 5, 1973.
  17. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 6, 1973). "Nixon briefs Congress leaders on peace talks". Chicago Tribune.
  18. ^ "Senate, House count electoral vote: it's Nixon". Chicago Tribune. January 7, 1973.
  19. ^ Farrar, Fred (January 9, 1973). "Only 5,000 more needed in draft, Laird claims". Chicago Tribune.
  20. ^ Farrar, Fred (January 10, 1973). "U.S. denies new bombing". Chicago Tribune.
  21. ^ Beckman, Aldo. "Nixon OKs FTC chief's quitting". Chicago Tribune.
  22. ^ Rohrbach, Edward (January 12, 1973). "Phase 3 lifts most controls". Chicago Tribune.
  23. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 13, 1973). "FIght between Congress and White House heats up".
  24. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 15, 1973). "Haig is sent to brief Thieu". Chicago Tribune.
  25. ^ Beckman, Aldo. "No Kissinger trips this week: Ziegler". Chicago Tribune.
  26. ^ "S. Viets expect Nixon truce declaration by Friday". Chicago Tribune. January 17, 1973.
  27. ^ Beckman, Aldo (January 18, 1973). "Reports of truce tomorrow denied". Chicago Tribune.
  28. ^ Beckman, Aldo. "Kissinger set 'to complete' peace pact". Chicago Tribune.
  29. ^ "Viet Nam cease-fire no guarantee of peace: Laird". Chicago Tribune.
  30. ^ Beckman, Aldo. "Nixon plans to increase press meetings". Chicago Tribune.
  31. ^ George Lenczowski, American Presidents and the Middle East, (Duke University Press: 1990), p. 131
  32. ^ 351 – Joint Statement on Economic, Industrial, and Technological Cooperation Between the United States and Romania. (December 5, 1973)
  33. ^ 347 – Remarks Announcing Establishment of the Federal Energy Office. (December 4, 1973)
  34. ^ 352 – Statement on Signing a Veterans Disability and Death Pension Bill. (December 6, 1973)

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