Nixon Today
President Nixon’s Experience Meeting with World Leaders Continues to Be Insightful
Today, as President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, we turn to the words of President Richard Nixon whose groundbreaking 1972 trip to China to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai opened modern U.S relations with...
President Nixon’s Actions During the Yom Kippur War Highlighted on Special Report with Bret Baier
On October 25, Fox News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier filmed Special Report live from the Nixon Library. His show featured a special throwback segment that highlighted President Nixon's role in bringing a ceasefire in the Yom Kippur War fifty years ago. Watch here:
America’s Airlift in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
By the evening October 9, 1973, President Nixon ordered the commencement of Operation Nickel Grass, the American airlift to resupply the Israelis of military equipment lost in the war.Summary On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel to...
Special Message for the 50th Anniversary of the DEA
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 consolidated drug control efforts that had previously been spread out over multiple cabinet agencies and bureaus into one agency—the DEA. Learn more about the history and ongoing mission of the DEA...
The Origin of National Vietnam War Veterans Day
On March 29, 1973, the last American combat troops left Vietnam. That evening, President Nixon addressed the American people from the Oval Office declaring, “Tonight, the day we have all worked and prayed for has finally come.” He goes on to say, “For the first time...
50 Years Ago Merle Haggard Headlined at “Mrs. Nixon’s Party”
Throughout the Nixon Presidency, popular entertainers were invited to perform at the White House for special evenings in the East Room. As President Nixon describes in his memoirs, “Pat and I looked forward to the evenings of entertainment at the White House as much...
A Lasting Ripple Effect: The Advancement of Women During the Nixon Administration
“American women have made wide-ranging contributions to our country throughout its history…In medicine, science, law, education and every other profession, women have helped this country achieve unparalleled success.”A lasting legacy of Richard Nixon’s presidency is...
50th Anniversary of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s White House Performance
On March 3, 1973, President and Mrs. Nixon hosted “An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr.” at the White House.View the performance:During this White House visit, Sammy Davis Jr. offered to entertain at a gala to honor returning Vietnam Prisoners of War. On May 24, 1973,...
“There can never be another like you”— Love Letters Between the Newlywed Nixons
On Valentine’s Day when many people are celebrating their own love stories, the love story of Richard and Pat Nixon is full of inspiration. Richard Nixon and Pat Ryan first met in 1937 and married on June 21, 1940. In 1941, the couple moved from Southern California...
Operation Homecoming Begins Fifty Years Ago
Photo Credit: National Archives and Records Administration- College ParkOn February 12, 1973, the first group of American POWs left Vietnam. This came just over two weeks after the Paris Peace Accords were signed agreeing to the release of the POWs within sixty days. ...