He was the 37th president of the US from 1969-1974.. served as 36th vice president from 1957-1961.. only president to resign from office.. was the youngest vice president, elected in 1952.. he had an unsuccessfull presidential campaign in 1960, and hardly lost against Kennedy.. Said he was done with the political life.. but soon after he ran for president and won.. the first thing that happened into his presidency was the Vietnam war.. he withdrew the troops from the war slowly and then the US was completely out of the vietnam war.. his visit to the People's Republic to China it opened a diplomatic relationship between them.. The Nixion administration ignored reports it received of the genocidal activities of the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.. First, he was Eisenhower's VP.. In 1968 Richard Nixon ran against Hurbert Humphry, and George Wallace..
Watergate Scandal--- On D-Day, June 7, 1972, 5 men were caught breaking into Watergate Hotel, the democratic Headquarters. It was discovered that the break in was performed by leaders of The committee to re-elect the president. Nixon was also accused of having a secret taping system that taped phone calls of the Oval Office. Nixon denied involvement with the burglaries and also to try to cover it up. However, recordings were later uncovered that showed he tried to cover it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
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