Nixon Today
50 Years of “Panda-monium”
This April marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of a pair of Giant Pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This followed President and Mrs. Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972, which set the stage for normalization of...
Beyond the First Pitch- President Nixon’s Lifetime Love of Baseball
“The nation’s number-one baseball fan” - this is how reporter Cliff Evans referred to President Nixon in 1972 and it's a description he lived up to throughout his life. From attending his first in-person major league baseball game as a young law student in 1936 to his...
Richard Nixon on Russia
In his final book Beyond Peace —published posthumously— President Nixon wrote: “Throughout the Cold War, we looked forward to a time when we might live in a peaceful world, with harmonious international relations, prosperous economies reaping the benefits of unlimited...
50 Years Ago Today, President Nixon Arrived in China
50 years ago today President and Mrs. Nixon landed on Air Force One in Beijing to begin their historic visit to the People's Republic of China. Read about why President Nixon went to China and how this became the most important diplomatic overture of the second half...
50th Anniversary of Richard Nixon’s Trip to China
From the Memoirs of Richard Nixon Volume Two: On February 17, 1972 at 10:35 A.M. we left Andrews Air Force Base for Peking. As the plane gathered speed and then took to the air, I thought of Malraux's words. We were embarking upon a voyage of philosophical discovery...
Oral History with Senator Robert J. Dole
The following is a transcript from an oral history interview the Richard Nixon Foundation conducted with Senator Bob Dole on November 9th, 2019 Project: Oral History with Senator Robert J. Dole Date: Friday, November 9, 2018 at 1PM Interviewed by: Jonathan...
Podcast: Jeffrey Garten on the President Nixon’s Transformation of the Global Monetary System
Fifty years ago today, President Nixon addressed the nation on television to announce “the most comprehensive new economic policy to be undertaken in this nation in four decades.” Jeffrey Garten, the former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of...
50th Anniversary of the Reversion of Okinawa Celebrated as a Landmark for U.S.-Japan Relations
His Excellency Koji Tomita, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, spoke at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on June 17, 2021, to mark the 50th anniversary of the far-reaching and impactful 1971 Reversion of Okinawa Agreement, which was negotiated,...
Tricia Nixon remembers her White House wedding, 50 years later
Tricia Nixon remembers her White House wedding, 50 years later Fifty years after her stunning and well-remembered White House Rose Garden wedding, I spoke exclusively with former first daughter Patricia Nixon Cox to reminisce about that magical day. By Jennifer...
White House Recognizes 50th Anniversary of President Nixon’s Indian Self-Determination Policy
Today the White House recognized the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's “Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs,” which served to herald a new era in Federal Indian policy: Indian Self-Determination. The Presidential Message on the 50th Anniversary read:...