Richard Milhous Nixon
Thirty-seventh President of the United States
1969-1974
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Date of birth: January 9, 1913
Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California
Date of death: April 22, 1994
Place of death: New York, New York
Party: Republican
Wife: Thelma Catherine Ryan
Occupation: Lawyer, Public Official

During his presidency, Richard Milhous Nixon

• had a Vice President Spiro T. Agnew for his first term from 1969 to 1973
  
• had a Vice President Gerald R. Ford for his second term from 1973 to 1974
  
• watched Neil A. Armstrong walk on the moon
  
• sent troops to destroy enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia
  
• visited china
  
• met Soviet General Secretary in Moscow
  
• signed an agreement to limit anti-ballistic missiles (ABM)
  
• broke the law (Watergate affair)
  
• resigned his presidency