Aug 16, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. One of the most popular musical icons of the 20th century, Elvis transformed popular music and had an unprecedented effect on popular culture. His meeting with RN in 1970 produced some of the most iconic...
Aug 14, 2012 | Nixon Library Events, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/PFsetxLFSZg] August 14, 2012: Maureen Drown Nunn, Nixon family friend and Foundation board director, portrays First Lady Pat Nixon to a group of school children as part of the “Meet the Presidents,” the educational Summer series...
Aug 14, 2012 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
A Presidential Kill List, the use of cyber-attacks to stall foreign nuclear development, and attacking enemies by using the most advanced military tactics and instruments in the world may sound like the description of a blockbuster action film. It isn’t. In reality,...
Aug 13, 2012 | News, Space, The New Nixon
On August 13, 1969, President and Mrs. Nixon hosted a huge state dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to honor the Apollo 11 astronauts on their safe return to Earth. Over 50 members of Congress and representatives from 83 foreign nations attended the...
Aug 12, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
On August 3, Paul W. McCracken died at the age of 96 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, his home since he began working as a professor of economics at the University of Michigan from the end of the 1940s until his retirement in 1986. His impressive career there was accompanied...
