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7.11.1973 – RN Enacts Cost of Living Adjustment for Social Security
In addition to increasing social security benefits by more than 50 percent since his administration took office, President Nixon signed into law H.R. bill #7445, effectively supplementing his previous actions by augmenting benefits by another 5 percent for nearly 30...
7.10.1969 – RN Lays Groundwork for Health Reform
President Nixon spoke on his plan for an administrative and legislative initiative to improve health care in the nation. The quantity and quality of doctors, access to health care, and sufficient numbers of hospital beds were among the government’s greatest concerns....
7.9.1970 – RN Refocuses Government on the Environment
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 transferred various functions relating to the atmosphere and oceans to the Secretary of Commerce and established a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. This landmark initiative paved the way...
Nixon and Brezhnev – Partners in Détente
When historians discuss U.S.-Soviet relations, they tend to place a special emphasis on the personal relationships formed between the leaders of the two superpowers. The common examples include FDR and Stalin, Reagan and Gorbachev – but what was the relationship like...
7.8.1970 – RN, The Native Americans’ Lincoln
“…the Indians are the most deprived and most isolated minority group in our nation. On virtually every scale of measurement -- employment, income, education, health -- the condition of the Indian people ranks at the bottom. -- Richard Nixon Prior to Richard Nixon’s...
7.7.1970 – President and First Lady Host Latin American Delegation
On Tuesday, July 7, 1970, President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, hosted delegates from the Organization of American States at the White House. RN began by praising the organization for its equal representation of the people of large and small countries, of rich and...
7.6.1971 – RN Stresses Nation’s Moral Health
On July 6, 1971, in an address regarding his political agenda on domestic policy in Kansas City, Missouri, President Richard Nixon emphasized his administration’s unwavering dedication to creating healthy citizens, a healthy environment, and a healthy economy for the...
7.5.1971 – Thirty-Nine Years Ago: RN Gives 18 Year Olds Voting Rights
On July 5, 1971, President Nixon, following the signing of Administrator of General Services Robert L. Kunzig and along with three members of the choir “Young Americans in Concert,” signed the certification of the 26th Amendment. This historic event took place in the...
The Forgotten Old South Church of the American Revolution
In September of 1775, five months after the battles of Lexington and Concord, and while the shot heard ‘round the world later immortalized by Ralph Waldo Emerson still echoed, some Continental Army volunteers gathered at a church in the small coastal Massachusetts...
30 Out Of 43, Say (Some) Historians
For a number of years, the Siena Research Institute of Siena College has periodically polled historians to determine how they rank the Presidents from George Washington to the present. And, the last several times the results were announced, Franklin D. Roosevelt has...