Timeline of the Richard Nixon presidency (1969)

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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Richard Nixon from his inauguration as the 37th president of the United States on January 20, 1969, to December 31, 1969.

January

February

  • February 2 – White House Urban Affairs Advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan says solving problems in American cities will require "cold cash", suggesting a federal finance program for allowances of families and children.[6]
  • February 3 – The White House announces President Nixon's intent to visit numerous western European countries in the next two months.[7]
  • February 5 – President Nixon gives authorization to a ceiling raise on the National Science Foundation's expenditures by 10 million at multiple universities to help research among hardships caused by limitations in spending.[8]
  • February 6 – President Nixon says he wants promises from American commanders prior to agreement with South Vietnam leader Nguyen Van Thieu troop withdraw in Vietnam.[9]
  • February 8 – President Nixon directs Lee DuBridge for national space program examination and afterward have a possible cost reduction follow up report.[10]
  • February 10 – Ronald Ziegler says President Nixon will travel to West Berlin despite plans by East Germany to limit routes to the city on land due to the upcoming West German presidential election. President Nixon holds a White House state dining room dinner honoring Robert Menzies while he is visiting in Washington.[11]
  • February 11 – President Nixon blames the previous administration under former President Lyndon B. Johnson for allowing off shore drilling which caused the previous weeks' oil spillage in Santa Clara, California, at the same time announcing his directing of Lee DuBridge to bring about a group of scientists and engineers to form a plan on taking the most effective use of the federal government in cleaning the shoreline California and preventing such a pollution disaster from another occurrence.[12]
  • February 13 – President Nixon promises the federal government's aid in American city problems though insists assistance from the local government is the common problem solver for inner city issues during a ceremony at the White House for the swearing in of Walter Washington as Mayor of the District of Columbia.[13]
  • February 15 – Following rejecting a request by President Nixon to work full-time, part-time consultant to the president on consumer affairs Willie Mae Rogers quits.[14]
  • February 19 – In the night hours it is discovered that President Nixon will spend the most time with France's Charles de Gaulle of the five country leaders he will be meeting the following week.[15][16]
  • February 22 – Secretary of the Treasury Kennedy denies his remarks from a week prior have caused the market drop during an interview.[17]
  • February 24 – President Nixon announces the development of negotiations with the Soviet Union and the US's full cooperation with European allies during a speech to NATO.[18]
  • February 27 – President Nixon pledges allied safeguarding of Berlin will remain while touring West Berlin.[19]
  • February 28 – President Nixon and President of France Charles de Gaulle conduct a meeting on American-French relations in Paris.[20]

March

  • March 1 – Nixon concludes his discussions with de Gaulle and a spokesman for the latter says the meeting resulted in "very good results for relations between our two countries".[21]
  • March 2 – President Nixon returns to the US at Andrews Air Force Base during the evening.[22]
  • March 9 – President Nixon holds a two-hour meeting with White House aides on the subject of antiballistic missile system deployment at his beachfront villa in Key Biscayne, Florida.[23]
  • March 16 – President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon attend a White House gathering of 350 dignitaries and friends.[24] Secretary of Commerce Stans states the possibility of having the Nixon administration halt price increases of excessive quality that could harm the American economy during an appearance on Face the Nation.[25]
  • March 19 – Secretary of Defense Laird says that he is not aware of a plan to reduce American troops from within South Vietnam while speaking to the Senate Armed Forces Committee.[26]
  • March 20 – Secretary of Defense Laird states the Nixon administration's modified Sentinel antiballistic missile system will defend the US "because it protects our deterrent."[27]
  • March 25 – In a meeting with Republican leaders, President Nixon promises to ask for an extension by one year of the tax surcharge by 10% and excise taxes on automobiles and communication during the following day. President Nixon says the progression toward peace in South Vietnam is held in the hands of private conversation during a National Association of Broadcasters luncheon.[28]
  • March 26 – President Nixon keeps his promise from the previous day and asks Congress for a year long 10% surtax and vows he will make major federal spending cuts to double the surplus of the budget.[29]
  • March 28 – Former President
    Dwight Eisenhower
    dies.

April

May

  • May 2 – President Nixon asks Congress to allow three new legislative measures for the suppression of what the president claims is a record flooding of sexual content in mail to US homes.[42] President Nixon sends a special message to Congress regarding obscene and pornographic materials.[43]
  • May 3 – President Nixon visits former Governor of South Carolina James F. Byrnes to congratulate him on being married for 60 years and turning 90 years old.[44] White House sources say President Nixon would be willing to accept a private joint troop removal from Vietnam deal with Hanoi in the event that definite safeguards are imposed to ensure the pact would not be violated.[45]
  • May 4 – Secretary of Transportation Volpe rebukes students carrying firearms during a speech to thousands celebrating Polish Constitution Day.[46]
  • May 27 – President Nixon announces his choice of Charles A. Bane for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.[47]
  • May 28 – President Nixon requests of Congress the approval of a 2.6 billion foreign aid program channeling more private enterprise to overseas and focusing on technical help.[48]
  • May 31 – President Nixon has a meeting with Secretary of State Rogers on peace in Vietnam. Press aid
    Bahamas.[49]

June

July

August

September

  • September 1 – President Nixon delivers a speech at the 61st Annual National Governors Conference in
    Colorado Springs.[109]
  • September 2 – The National Governors Conference adopts a resolution in support of compulsory health insurance.[110] It is learned during the night hours, via a closed session with the governors in Colorado Springs, that the Nixon administration intends to slash funding for new construction projects by 75% to aid the war against inflation.[111]
  • September 3 – Federal highway administrator F. C. Turner confirms the Nixon administration is supporting of a bill allowing larger buses and trucks on the interstate highways during an appearance before a House public works subcommittee.[112]
  • September 4 – President Nixon orders an imminent federal government construction projects funding cut of 75% to rise private home building and that the cutback will persist "until conditions ease".[113]
  • September 5 – Senator
    Al Gore, Sr. charges the Nixon administration tax reform bill with "making it easy for people with very high incomes to pay very low taxes" during a Senate finance committee hearing.[114]
  • September 6 – Secretary of Defense Laird issues a temporary suspension of 700 million for army construction.[115]
  • September 7 – President Nixon issues a statement in praise of Senator Everett Dirksen.[116]
  • September 8 – President Nixon announces a celebration world tour by America's first men to walk the moon will begin either September 29 or September 30.[117]
  • September 9 – Nixon eulogizes Senator Dirksen after the arrival of Dirksen's body in Washington.[118]
  • September 10 – It is disclosed that Senator
    William Fulbright unsuccessfully called on President Nixon to send a US representative to the funeral of Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh.[119]
  • September 11 – The White House announces President Nixon's intention to speak at the United Nations general assembly in New York the following Thursday.[120]
  • September 12 – President Nixon orders the resuming of air bombing in South Vietnam, the White House concurrently stating the purpose of the continuation was behind enemy offense harkening back to a pre-cease-fire level.[121] The United States Civil Rights commission charges the Nixon administration with walking back its stated intent to support desegregation in schools.[122]
  • September 18 – President Nixon delivers an address to the 24th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the United Nations headquarters in New York during the morning.[123]
  • September 19 – President Nixon holds a news briefing, in which he unveils plans to change previous draft calls throughout the final months of the year and pending legislation relating to drafting, in the Roosevelt Room during the morning.[124]
  • September 20 – President Nixon delivers an address to Association of Student Governments members in the Roosevelt Room during the afternoon.[125]
  • September 22 – President Nixon issues a statement concernin the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission.[126]
  • September 23 – President Nixon announces his choice to continue supersonic transport development in a speech in the Roosevelt Room during the morning.[127]
  • September 24 – President Nixon issues a statement on the District of Columbia subway station.[128]
  • September 26 – President Nixon predicts Haynsworth will be confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court during a press conference.[129] President Nixon says unjust wage and price increases being asked for by the labor and management groups will result in them being priced "out of the market".[130] President Nixon says the Vietnam War could end sooner if unity across the US occurs in response to criticisms of his foreign policy.[131] President Nixon delivers an address concerning the leaving of Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir in the Roosevelt Room in which he reflects on their discussions during the afternoon.[125]
  • September 29 – The White House says President Nixon's choices on withdrawals of troops from Vietnam War will be permitted based on upcoming circumstances unforeseeable.[132] Secretary of the Army Resor announces his ordering of charges of murder against Green Berets in Vietnam be dismissed immediately and the "men will be assigned to duties outside" of Vietnam.[133]

October

  • October 1 – The Justice Department requests the Supreme Court to strike against a lower court decision in favor of Chicago denizens being able to pursue allegations that the House committee on un-American activities.[134]
  • October 2 – The White House reports President Nixon as remaining committed to the nomination of Haynsworth to the Supreme Court amid claims the latter asked for a withdrawal of his name. Haynsworth denies asking Nixon to withdraw his name during the evening.[135]
  • October 3 – President Nixon creates an emergency board to investigate the threatened walkouts against six US railroad systems.[136] Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Finch says the Nixon administration is developing a community college program to assist "forgotten Americans" during an address to the American Association of Junior Colleges.[137]
  • October 6 – President Nixon announces his appointing of a task force of 16 members meant to study dilemmas in education.[138]
  • October 7 – Secretary of Defense Laird says the Nixon administration has begun the pursuit of what he calls a dual course to withdraw the American military from Vietnam during a speech to the annual convention of the AFL-CIO.[139]
  • October 8 – Consumer Advisor to the President Virginia Knauer says the administration's anti-inflation policies are causing a decrease in the cost of meat.[140]
  • October 10 – President Nixon announces Director of Selective Service
    Lewis B. Hershey will be replaced during the upcoming February.[141]
  • October 11 – President Nixon sends a special message to Congress calling for a bipartisan effort on enacting the legislative program of his administration.[142] Secretary of the Interior Hickel says he ordered the change in the official seal of the Interior Department due to large opposition within the department and public.[143]
  • October 12 – Secretary of State Rogers reports President Nixon as having made "tremendous progress" within his effort to deescalate Vietnam during a television interview.[144]
  • October 13 – The White House announces a November 3 radio and television broadcast of President Nixon giving a situation report on Vietnam.[145] United States Secretary of the Army Stanley Rogers Resor calls on army commanders to pay attention to race relations within the army with sensitivity during a speech to the Association of the United States Army.[146]
  • October 14 – Vice President Agnew calls on members of Congress as well as sponsors of protesters to repudiate a letter by North Korea Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng wishing success to the protestors.[147] President Nixon attends a service commemorating what would have been the 79th birthday of the late former President Eisenhower.[148]
  • October 15 – The Department of Defense announces the names of ten casualties in the Vietnam War.[149]
  • October 16 – The White House announces President Nixon will discuss price inflation and the high living costs in a nationwide radio broadcast during the afternoon of the following day.[150] Secretary of Defense Laird says his budget will have the Defense Department keep several thousand men in Vietnam during a Pentagon press conference.[151]
  • October 17 – President Nixon delivers a national address from the White House on inflation and the high cost of living.
    Arthur Burns for Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.[153]
  • October 20 – President Nixon defends Haynsworth as being the subject of "vicious character assassination" during a press conference.[154] The Nixon administration proposes possession of narcotics for the purpose of personal usage be changed from a misdemeanor to a felony.[155]
  • October 21 – President Nixon meets with Russian cosmonauts Georgej T. Beregovoi and Konstantin Feoktistov at the White House on the second day of the two week tour by the duo across the US.[156]
  • October 22 – Secretary of Defense Laird announces his opposition to a proposal by Senator Hugh Scott calling on President Nixon to set a date in for a Vietnam unilateral ceasefire while speaking to reporters.[157] The Senate votes 49 to 24 in favor of liberalizing trade with the Soviet Union as well as its affiliates.[158]
  • October 23 – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Romney speaks on the possibility of income tax deductions assigned to home mortgage interest being reduced and used for the rebuilding of US slums while speaking at the dedication of the Federal National Mortgage association headquarters.[159]

November

  • November 1 – Sources disclose a document in the high command of the Viet Cong stating the plan by President Nixon to gradually withdraw from Vietnam is doomed.[160]
  • November 2 – Attorney General Mitchell states the intent of the Justice Department to carry out the a mandate by the Supreme Court to immediately desegregate southern schools during an appearance on Meet the Press.[161]
  • November 3 – President Nixon delivers a televised evening address on the subject of the Vietnam War in his White House office.[162]
  • November 4 – President Nixon issues a statement on the National Program for Voluntary Action.[163]
  • November 5 – President Nixon makes a joint North Lawn appearance with First Lady Nixon, Vice President Agnew, Judy Agnew, Governor-elect of New Jersey William T. Cahill, and Governor-elect of Virginia Linwood Holton during the afternoon.[164]
  • November 12 – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Finch states an interest in having DDT be cut down over the course of two year during a press conference.[165]
  • November 19 – President Nixon meets with Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Satō in the Oval Office for discussions on negotiating a return of Okinawa to Japan.[166]
  • November 20 – President Nixon accepts the resignation of Henry Cabot Lodge for the American delegation heading to the Vietnam peace negotiations.[167]
  • November 21 – The US agrees to return Okinawa to Japan after 24 years of ownership.[168] The Senate votes 55 to 45 in a rejection of Haynsworth for the Supreme Court.[169]
  • November 22 – President Nixon pledges to assist Illinois Republicans in the 1970 midterm elections as a payback for assistance with his presidential campaign the previous year.[170]
  • November 24 – President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogers sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty to cause ratifications to the American pact of the agreement.[171] Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler says President Nixon will make an important announcement the following day without disclosing the nature of the revelation.[172]

December

  • December 1 – The Senate votes for a two and a half percent decrease in oil tax depletion from the present twenty-seven and a half, bring the total to 25%.[173]
  • December 2 – The House votes 333 to 55 in favor of President Nixon's peace resolution in Vietnam during the evening.[174]
  • December 9 – President Nixon instructs Secretary of State William Rogers to formulate the Rogers Plan, a framework to achieve an end to belligerence in the Arab–Israeli conflict following the Six-Day War and the continuing War of Attrition.[175][176]
  • December 11 – The White House accepts a voting rights proposal giving coverage to all 50 states.[177]
  • December 12 – Vice President Agnew claims the Nixon administration is being jeopardized in its efforts to curb inflation by a tax reform bill in the Senate that he calls "irresponsible tinkering" during a speech at the winter conference of the Republican Governors association.[178]
  • December 13 – State Department spokesman
    Elliot L. Richardson during a press conference confirms the US will give 1.2 million USD to Latin America even if Congress makes cuts to foreign aid.[179]
  • December 14 – The White House announces President Nixon will make a national report on Vietnam the following day on television and radio.[180]
  • December 15 – President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 50,000 American troops in Vietnam over the course of the next four months during a television and radio address.
    Helsinki, Finland.[182] The Senate votes 85 to 4 in approval an appropriations bill for the fiscal year of 1970 of 69.3 billion.[183]
  • December 16 – President Nixon lights the national Christmas tree during the evening.[184] Secretary of Defense Laird says the planned withdrawal of 50,000 men from Vietnam will cut the following year's draft by 25,000 during a press conference at the Pentagon.[185]
  • December 18 – US spokesman Steven Ledogar says negotiations have already been downgraded by Hanoi, who he charges as not taking the discussions seriously, and North Korea chief delegate boycotts will not make a "difference".[186] President Nixon announces his intention to veto a money bill he claims is inflammatory in a letter arriving on Capitol Hill during the evening.[187]
  • December 20 – President Nixon meets with Republican congressional leaders for discussions on tax reform.[188] Labor Secretary Shultz charges lobbying on the part of both building trades and AFL-CIO with attempting to block "skilled and high paying jobs" for black Americans and other minorities.[189]
  • December 28 – United Nations Undersecretary Ralph Bunche says the Nixon administration does not have the confidence of black Americans in being convincing as trying to make gains in racial equality during an interview.[190]
  • December 29 – The White House announces President Nixon will make progression on a tax reform bill that also increases Social Security benefits by 15% before leaving for a vacation in California.[191]
  • December 30 – President Nixon signs a tax reform bill into law, critiquing measures of the bill in an accompanying statement.[192] President Nixon arrives in San Clemente, California and announces his intent to change his voting residence to the state instead of the current New York.[193]

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  130. ^ Dumbrowski, Louis (September 27, 1969). "Nixon Warns Against Wage, Price Hikes". Chicago Tribune.
  131. ^ Freeburg, Russell (September 26, 1969). "Critics Delay Peace". Chicago Tribune.
  132. ^ "No Timetable For GI Pullout – White House". Chicago Tribune. September 30, 1969.
  133. ^ "Drops Army Beret Case". Chicago Tribune. September 30, 1969.
  134. ^ Elsasser, Glen (October 2, 1969). "U.S. Seeks End To Suit By 3 From Chicago". Chicago Tribune.
  135. ^ "Nixon Pushes Efforts to Build Haynsworth Senate Support". Chicago Tribune. October 3, 1969.
  136. ^ Beckman, Aldo (October 4, 1969). "Nixon Creates Inquiry Board". Chicago Tribune.
  137. ^ "Career Work For All Now Finch's Goal". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1969.
  138. ^ "Nixon Names Study Group". Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1969.
  139. ^ "Laird Tells Dual Course To End War". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1969.
  140. ^ "Nixon Advisor Says Price of Meat is Down". Chicago Tribune. October 9, 1969.
  141. ^ "President Will Replace Hershey as Draft Boss". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1969.
  142. ^ Young, Robert (October 12, 1969). "Nixon Urges Congress To Get Moving". Chicago Tribune.
  143. ^ "Bison Emblem Readopted By Interior Unit". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1969.
  144. ^ Elsasser, Glen (October 13, 1969). "Nixon's Peace Progress Told; Draws Criticism of 2 Senators". Chicago Tribune.
  145. ^ Young, Robert (October 14, 1969). "Nixon Sets Viet Talk". Chicago Tribune.
  146. ^ "Army Race Situation Is Concern to Resor". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1969.
  147. ^ "Hanoi Hails Protest Day". Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1969.
  148. ^ "Nixon Hears Reagan Hit Viet Protest at Ike Birthday Fete". Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1969.
  149. ^ "Three Middle West GIs Killed in Viet Fighting". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1969.
  150. ^ Young, Robert (October 17, 1969). "Nixon To Speak On Prices". Chicago Tribune.
  151. ^ Farrar, Fred (October 17, 1969). "U.S. Budgets Post-War GI Force in Viet". Chicago Tribune.
  152. ^ Young, Robert (October 18, 1969). "Nixon: Inflation Slowing". Chicago Tribune.
  153. ^ Freeburg, Russell (October 18, 1969). "Name Burns To Be Money Policy Chief". Chicago Tribune.
  154. ^ Young, Robert (October 21, 1969). "Nixon Assails Haynsworth Foes as Character Assassins". Chicago Tribune.
  155. ^ "Easier Laws On Drugs Use Asked By U.S." Chicago Tribune. October 21, 1969.
  156. ^ Young, Robert. "Nixon Greets Two Russian Cosmonauts". Chicago Tribune.
  157. ^ "Opposes Cease-Fire Plan". Chicago Tribune. October 23, 1969.
  158. ^ "Senate Acts Over Nixon Objections". Chicago Tribune. October 23, 1969.
  159. ^ "Calls For Cut in Tax Break on Mortgage". Chicago Tribune. October 24, 1969.
  160. ^ "Cong Plan to Take Advantage of U.S. Pullout". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1969.
  161. ^ Elsasser, Glen (November 3, 1969). "Vows To Carry Out Supreme Court Order". Chicago Tribune.
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  163. ^ "Statement About the National Program for Voluntary Action | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
  164. ^ "Remarks With the Governors-Elect of New Jersey and Virginia. | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
  165. ^ Dombrowski, Louis (November 13, 1969). "Finch Urges Gradual Cutback in DDT Use Over Next 2 Years". Chicago Tribune.
  166. ^ Yuenger, James (November 20, 1969). "Nixon, Sato Hint Progress in Talks on Okinawa Return". Chicago Tribune.
  167. ^ "Lodge Quits Paris Post". Chicago Tribune. November 21, 1969.
  168. ^ "U.S. to Give Back Okinawa to Japan". Chicago Tribune. November 22, 1969.
  169. ^ Warden, Philip (November 22, 1969). "Senate Bars Nixon Court Choice, 55–45". Chicago Tribune.
  170. ^ Elmer, John (November 23, 1969). "Nixon Pledges Help to G.O.P. Illinois Races". Chicago Tribune.
  171. ^ "Russia, U.S. Ratify World Arms Treaty". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1969.
  172. ^ "Reports Nixon to Ban Chemical Arms Use". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1969.
  173. ^ Warden, Philip (December 2, 1969). "Senate Votes To Trim Oil's Tax Benefits". Chicago Tribune.
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  178. ^ "Agnew Raps Senate's Tax Bill Action". Chicago Tribune. December 13, 1969.
  179. ^ Bishop, Barry (December 14, 1969). "U.S. Assures Latin of 1.2 Million in Aid". Chicago Tribune.
  180. ^ Elsasser, Glen (December 15, 1969). "Nixon Talk on Viet Today". Chicago Tribune.
  181. ^ Young, Robert (December 16, 1969). "Nixon Calls Viet Cuts Necessary 'Risks For Peace'". Chicago Tribune.
  182. ^ "U.S., Russ Hold Ninth Session of Arms Talk". Chicago Tribune. December 16, 1969.
  183. ^ Kling, William (December 16, 1969). "Senate OK's Defense Money Bill, Rejects Anti-ABM Effort". Chicago Tribune.
  184. ^ Young, Robert. "Nixon Lights Tree; Peace Is His Theme". Chicago Tribune.
  185. ^ "Laird Cites 3d Troop Removal from Viet Nam". Chicago Tribune. December 17, 1969.
  186. ^ "U.S. Official Raps Hanoi's Paris Stance". Chicago Tribune. December 19, 1969.
  187. ^ "Nixon Jolts Congress In Veto Threat". Chicago Tribune. December 19, 1969.
  188. ^ "Nixon Hints Tax Measure O.K." Chicago Tribune. December 21, 1969.
  189. ^ Yuenger, James (December 21, 1969). "Shultz Makes Last Ditch Try to Save Plan Ending Job Bias". Chicago Tribune.
  190. ^ "Blacks Have Little Confidence in White House, Says Bunche". Chicago Tribune. December 29, 1969.
  191. ^ "Nixon to Act on Tax Bill Before Vacation". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1969.
  192. ^ "Measure Hikes Age Pay; Nixon Tells of Qualms". Chicago Tribune. December 31, 1969.
  193. ^ "Nixon Moves Vote Registry". Chicago Tribune. December 31, 1969.

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