7.12.1971 – RN Signs Emergency Employment Act

President Nixon signed the Emergency Employment Act on the 12th of July 1971. The act was aimed at alleviating the layoffs in the aerospace and defense related industries. The Emergency Employment Act would effectively create 150,000 jobs over the following two years...

7.11.1969 – RN Unveils Political Solution for Vietnam

Shortly after President Thieu of the Republic of Vietnam gave a speech proposing a fair political settlement in South Vietnam on July 11, 1969, President Nixon gave a statement in support of the South Vietnam leader’s plan to expedite peace in that “tortured land,” as...