Richard Nixon

1913 – 1994 · died at about 81^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Richard Nixon

• Richard Nixon was hired by the FBI after law school, but his appointment was canceled at the last minute due to budget cuts, and he only learned years later.^[1]
• Nixon became a very good poker player in the Navy and helped finance his first campaign for Congress with his winnings.^[1]
• Nixon met his wife Pat when they were cast together in a community theater play. He called it love at first sight, but she turned him down several times before agreeing to a date.^[1]
• Nixon was named after Richard the Lionheart; four of the five Nixon brothers were named after British kings.^[1]
• Nixon spoke by phone with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while they walked on the Moon, and called it "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House."^[1][3][4]
• Elvis Presley arranged a meeting with Nixon at the White House in December 1970 and asked him for a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge.^[5][6]
• Richard Nixon was alive at the same time as Selena Gomez — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1992–1994).^[1][2][7][8]
• Richard Nixon shares a birthday with Simone de Beauvoir: both were born on January 9.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a part of the Watergate scandal.^[1]

Contemporaries

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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Mother Teresa

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Akira Kurosawa

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Jacques Cousteau

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Rosa Parks

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Ronald Reagan

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Naguib Mahfouz

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Gerald Ford

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Hedy Lamarr

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Frank Sinatra

79 yr overlap

Marlene Dietrich

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Questions About Richard Nixon

When was Richard Nixon born?

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, and died on April 22, 1994.

How old was Richard Nixon at death?

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, and died on April 22, 1994, at age 81.

What was Richard Nixon known for?

Richard Nixon was known for: 37th US president, resigned after Watergate. Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a part of the Watergate scandal.

Who was alive at the same time as Richard Nixon?

Richard Nixon's closest contemporary was Bob Hope. Their lives overlapped for 81 years.