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| 1913 | Birth |  |
| 9th Jan Yorba Linda Birth of Richard Mulhouse Nixon, 25 miles sth of Los Angeles in a 2 story farmhouse |
| 1934 | Education | |
| Whittier Graduates from a Quaker Institution where Nixon gains debating skills |
| Whittier Majors in history, finishing 2nd, from Whittier College |
| 1937 | Education | |
| Duke University Graduates from Duke University, in law, 3rd in class |
| 1937 | San Francisco Bar Nixon | |
| 9th Nov San Francisco Sworn in as Member of the San Francis co Bar |
| 1946 | Congress of Nixon | |
| 5th Nov First lected to Congress , eightieth |
| 1947 | House of Representatives | |
| First elected Republican member of the USAHouse of Representatives |
| 1947 | Inauguration of Nixon | |
| 3rd Jan Washington 1st sworn in as member of Congress , 18th Congress |
| 1950 | Government | |
| Congress passes the McCarran-Nixon act for registration of Communist organizations |
| 26th Oct Calls for the repudiation of the Yalta Pact |
| 1951 | Government | |
| 7th Nov First elected member of the USASenate, ahead of Helen Douglas |
| 1952 | Government | |
| 11th July Receives the Vice-Presidential Nomination |
| 18th Sep The New York Post claims Nixon is supported by an illegal slush fund |
| 23rd Sep During the election Nixon makes his Checkers Speech denying a secret slush fund |
| 23rd Sep First to succesfully use TV during a Presidential election |
| 23rd Sep Successfully denies a fund raising scandal on TV |
| 4th Nov Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1953 | Government | |
| Appointed Vice-President of the USA |
| Winner of the Vice Presidency as running mate of Dwight Eisenhower |
| 20th Jan Inaugurated Vice President of USA, only 40 the 2nd youngest in American history |
| 13th Aug Appointed Chairman of the President's committee on Government contracts |
| 1954 | Government | |
| 26th June Says that "Acheson policy was directly responsible for the loss of China.." |
| 1955 | Government | |
| 8th June Eisenhower has an ileitis attack & Nixon continues with Presidential responsibilities |
| 1956 | Government | |
| 29th Jan Visits Brazil for its Presidential innauguration |
| 26th April Announces canidacy for second term as Vice President |
| 30th June 30 June-11 July, Nixon pays a good will trip to Asia |
| 22nd Aug Renominated for a second term as Vice President |
| 6th Nov Re-elected for a second term as Vice President |
| 1958 | Government | |
| 26th Nov "Colonialism...brought the great ideas which provided the great ideas for progress" |
| 1959 | Government | |
| Debates capitalism on TV with Krushchev in a model kitchen in the USAexhibition |
| Opens the American National exhibition in Moscow & has a televised "Kitchen Debate" |
| 31st Jan Appointed Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on price stability for economic growth |
| 22nd July July 22-August 5, visits the Soviet Union & Poland |
| 1961 | Election | |
| Defeated by John F Kennedy in the Presidential elections |
| 1962 | Election | |
| California Defeated in the elections to become the Governor of California |
| 1968 | Bombing of Cambodia | |
| 17th Mar Washington Bombing begins over Cambodia |
| 17th Mar Washington Menu or short-duration bombing of Vietcong sanctuaries, lasts for 14 months |
| 1968 | Diplomacy | |
| Nov Washington Withdraws from Vietnam without "defeat" by improving relations with China & Russia |
| 1968 | Government | |
| 8th Aug Nominated to stand for Presidential office by the Republican Party |
| 24th Oct Will restore the National Security Council to its preeminent role in national security |
| 5th Nov Appointed President of the USA, 37th President, 1st term |
| 5th Nov Defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey & Governor George Wallace |
| 1968 | Peace | |
| 20th Dec Washington A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement |
| 1969 | Arc Light | |
| 15th July The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,600 |
| Oct The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,400 |
| 1969 | Boadcast Nixon | |
| 3rd Nov Nixon makes a TV speech appealing for the silent majority support |
| 1969 | Bombing of Cambodia | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| 18th Mar Authorizes the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| April Orders air strikes against the Nth Vietnamese within 5 miles of the border, April-May |
| 24th April About 100 B-52s drop bombs northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border |
| 9th May News of the secret bombing of Cambodia is leaked to the New York Times |
| 1969 | Bombing of Laos | |
| 25th July Laos The bombing of Laos is authorized |
| 1969 | Bombing of Menu Bombings | |
| Washington Authorizes the secret "Menu" bombings of communist base areas in Cambodia |
| 1969 | Bombing of Vietnam | |
| 25th Jan Nixon proposes "mutual withdrawal" of troops, no bombing of NV |
| 5th June Bombing resumes on targets in Nth Vietnam |
| 1969 | Communists | |
| 23rd Feb Washington Rocket & mortar attacks are launched on 100 cities & bases throughout Sth Vietnam |
| 1969 | Demonstrations | |
| 15th Oct Washington Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington |
| 15th Oct The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC |
| 15th Nov Moratorium demonstration of 500,000 in Washington DC |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| 1969 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington The USA begins to relax its embargo of China |
| Feb Paris Meets de Gaulle to agree a pact with China, seen by the State Dept as the main enemy |
| 1st Feb Washington Issues a directive to the National Security Council for a rapproachment with China |
| 1969 | Government | |
| 20th Jan Inaugurated President of the USA |
| 21st Feb 21-28 February, visits China to restore relations with its Government |
| 19th Dec Partially lifts the trade embargo on China |
| 1969 | Invasion of Vietnam | |
| 14th May Proposes withdrawal from Sth Vietnam of American & Nth Vietnamese forces on TV |
| 8th June 25,000 troops are withdrawn |
| 1969 | Massacre My Lai | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| 1969 | Menu | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| 1969 | Nixon Doctrine | |
| 25th July Guam Announces the "Nixon Doctrine" in Guam |
| 1969 | Peace | |
| 25th Jan Washington The first substantive peace talks in Paris |
| 8th June Washington Announces the withdrawal of 25,000 American troops from Vietnam |
| 8th June Washington Meets President Thieu on Midway Island who supports the USApeace proposals |
| 2nd Aug Washington Meets President Ceausescu who agrees to help set up the peace talks with Nth Vietnam |
| 1969 | Publication | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| 1969 | Rule of Okinawa | |
| Okinawa The USAand Japan agree on the Return of Okinawa |
| 1969 | Scandal | |
| 13th June New York The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| 1969 | Security Whitehouse | |
| 12th May Washington 1st wiretap is placed in the White House following leaks about the bombing of Cambodia |
| 1969 | Speech | |
| 3rd Nov Washington Appeals to the "silent majority" |
| 3rd Nov Washington Says USAwithdrawal would be a disaster for world peace |
| 1969 | Treaty of Nuclear Non Proliferation | |
| The United States and the Soviet Union signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which pledges the two nations not to divulge information that would allow additional countries to build nuclear weapons |
| 1969 | Vietnamization of Vietnam | |
| 6th Feb Washington Adopts a policy of "Vietnamization", transfer burden of war from U.S. to ARVN |
| 6th Feb Washington Forms joint USA& Vietnam Armed Forces Joint General Staff |
| 1970 | Battle of Fishhook | |
| 1st May 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| 1970 | Battle of Fishook | |
| 1st May Fishhook The two-month long operation as a militarily success, it in sets back North Vietnam's plans to invade South Vietnam by two years and thus gains valuable time for Vietnamization |
| 1970 | Battle of Parrot's Beak | |
| 30th April Fishhook 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| 1970 | Ceasefire | |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| 1970 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 8th Mar Lon Nol demands that Communist forces leave Cambodia and closes the port of Sihanoukville to supplies destined for Communist forces in the border bases and in South Vietnam |
| 8th Mar Results in the neutralist Prince Norodom Sihanouk's replacement by by his pro-Western Defense Minister, General Lon Nol |
| 18th Mar The neutralist Sihanouk is replaced by pro-USALon Nol |
| 1970 | Defeat | |
| 30th June River Mekong USAtroops leave Cambodia after defeating Nth Vietnam in the Mekong River Delta |
| 1970 | Demonstrations | |
| 1st May Kent State University antiwar protests turn violent when the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building is torched &, Governor of Ohio, James Rhodes , dispatches the National Guard to Kent State |
| 1st May President Nixon calls anti-war students "bums blowing up campuses" |
| 4th May 100,000 protesters surround government buildings including the White House and historical monuments, Nixon exits the White House to visit to the Lincoln Memorial and chats with young protesters |
| 4th May Kentate University At Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nine & in response to the killings, over 400 colleges and universities across America shut down |
| 4th May Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State University in Ohio |
| 4th May Kentate University Nixon announces a USAand South Vietnamese "Incursion" into Cambodia, triggering a protests across campuses in the USA culminating on 4 May with the death of 4 students at Kent State University |
| 9th May Nixon visits the Lincoln Memorial demonstration |
| 1970 | Government | |
| 2nd Nov 3rd round of SALT talks open in Helsinki |
| 1970 | Invasion of Cambodia | |
| 26th April Nixon decides to invade Cambodia |
| 30th April 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| 30th April American & South Vietnam forces invade Cambodia to clear out the Communist sanctuaries |
| 30th April Authorizes groundin "incursions" into Cambodia |
| 1st May Fishhook 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| 1970 | Invasion of Japan | |
| 30th June Sihanouk The USAwithdraws from Vietnam after saving Nol's government |
| 1970 | Invasion of Laos | |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| 1970 | Invasion of Vietnam | |
| 20th April In a televised speech, President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 150,000 Americans from Vietnam within a year |
| 1970 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| 16th April Vienna The main rounds of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) open in Vienna |
| 19th April Helsinki The United States deploys the first missile with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), the Minuteman III |
| 2nd Nov Helsinki 3rd round of SALT talks open in Helsinki |
| 18th Dec A large radioactive cloud is released after a 10 kiloton underground test in Nevada, the test, code named Baneberry, is part of the nuclear tests in which radioactivity is deliberately vented out from underground, the cloud reaches Canada |
| 1970 | Operation Baneberry | |
| 18th Dec A large radioactive cloud is released after a 10 kiloton underground test in Nevada, the test, code named Baneberry, is part of the nuclear tests in which radioactivity is deliberately vented out from underground, the cloud reaches Canada |
| 1970 | Peace | |
| 20th April Washington Announces the withdrawal of 60,000 troops in 1970 & 90,000 in 1971 |
| 7th Oct Washington Cease-fire proposals are rejected by North Vietnam |
| 7th Oct Washington Proposes "standstill cease-fire" on TV as part of five point peace plan for Indochina |
| 7th Oct Washington The standstill cease-fire is supported by McGovern, Hatfield & the press |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| 1970 | Rebellion | |
| Washington Reports that campuses might explode threatening "the survival of the nation" |
| 1970 | SALT | |
| 16th April Vienna The main rounds of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) open in Vienna |
| 1970 | Siege of Siagon | |
| 6th May Saigon In Saigon over the past week, 450 civilians are killed during Viet Cong terrorist raids throughout the city, the highest weekly death toll to date |
| 1970 | Siege of Sontay | |
| 21st Nov Sontay The USAraid Sontay in North Vietnam to free prisoners of war |
| 1970 | Treaty of Non Proliferation | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| 1970 | University Commission | |
| Washington Founds a Commission to assess unrest in Universities & Colleges |
| 1971 | Arc Light | |
| 1st June The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,000 |
| 1971 | Demonstrations | |
| 23rd April Washington Vietnam veterans return medals & military decorations in anti war protests on Capitol |
| 24th April Washington 200,000 people attend an anti war demonstrations in Washington DC |
| 3rd May Washington Anti war protest in Washington DC |
| 1971 | Devaluation | |
| 18th Dec The USAdevalues the dollar by 7.9% & lifts the import surcharge |
| 1971 | Diplomacy | |
| Nixon massively increases USAaid for Israel, $634m in 1971, $93m in 1970 in line with the Nixon doctrine proclaimed in July 1969, providing military & economic assistance to local powers to maintain the "regional order" |
| Supports Communist China's admission to the United Nations |
| 10th April A USAtable tennis team arrives in China |
| 14th April The USArelaxes trade & travel with China |
| May Okinawa The USAreturns Okinawa to Japan |
| 15th July Announces a future trip to China |
| 2nd Oct Calls for the seating of People's Republic of China in the UN |
| 12th Oct Announces a visit to Moscow |
| 25th Oct The United States does not use its veto power to block mainland China's UN admission, the change in the USAposition comes about as the result of a gradual thaw in US- Chinese relations |
| 5th Nov Announces sales of $136 million in feed grain to the Soviets |
| 1971 | Economy | |
| Floats the American dollar |
| The USA imposes a 10% surcharge on all imports, aimed in particular at Japan |
| 15th Aug Announces a 90 day freeze on prices, wages & rents |
| 18th Dec The USAdevalues the dollar by 7.9% & lifts the import surcharge |
| 1971 | Invasion of Laos | |
| 13th Feb The Sth Vietnemese are driven out with heavy casualties |
| 13th Feb USAtroops support Sth Vietnam in their invasion of Laos |
| 1971 | Invasion of Vietnam | |
| 7th April Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops |
| 12th Nov Nixon proclaims the end of any offensive role in Vietnam |
| 12th Nov Sets Feb 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops |
| 1971 | Lamson 719 | |
| Ho Chi Minh Tr Supports the South Vietnamese penetration of southern Laos |
| 8th Feb Ho Chi Minh Tr Gives USAair support for a sth Vietnamese raid on the Ho Chi Minh trail |
| 1971 | Massacre My Lai | |
| 31st Mar Washington William Calley is sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 20 yrs |
| 6th April Washington Frees Lt William Calley after his conviction of killing civilians at My Lai |
| 1971 | Nixon Doctrine | |
| Nixon massively increases USAaid for Israel, $634m in 1971, $93m in 1970 in line with the Nixon doctrine proclaimed in July 1969, providing military & economic assistance to local powers to maintain the "regional order" |
| 1971 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 11th Feb The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof is signed in Washington, Moscow and London |
| 15th Mar Vienna 4th round of SALT talks begin in Vienna |
| 30th Sep Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the USAand USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force |
| 1971 | Rule of Okinawa | |
| May Okinawa The USAreturns Okinawa to Japan |
| 1971 | SALT | |
| 15th Mar Vienna 4th round of the nuclear SALT talks begin in Vienna |
| 1971 | Scandal | |
| Washington Attempts to prevent further publications by researchers headed by Robert McNamara |
| Washington The Supreme Court allows the publication of the Pentagon Papers to continue |
| 1971 | Treaty of Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons | |
| 11th Feb The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof is signed in Washington, Moscow and London |
| 1971 | Treaty of Reduction of the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War | |
| 30th Sep Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the USAand USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force |
| 1971 | Vietnamization of Vietnam | |
| 7th April Washington Announces on TV that "Vietnamization has succeeded" |
| 1972 | Arc Light | |
| 30th Mar JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800 |
| April The monthly sortie rate is increased to 2,500 |
| 1972 | Bombing of Haiphong | |
| 21st April Haiphong Haiphong is bombed |
| 23rd April Haiphong Haiphong is bombed |
| 8th May Haiphong 2,000 pound mines are dropped in Haiphong harbour |
| 15th Dec Haiphong Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II |
| 1972 | Bombing of Hanoi | |
| 16th April Hanoi USAbombers attack Hanoi, 1st raid on a Nth Vietnamese city by the USAsince 1968 |
| 19th April Hanoi Senate debates the bombing of Hanoi & refuses to support Nixon's policy in Vietnam |
| 15th Dec Hanoi Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II |
| 1972 | Bombing of Vietnam | |
| April Bombers are ordered nth for the 1st time since 1968 |
| Oct Nixon halts bombing nth of the 20th Parallel in anticipation of a truce |
| 1972 | Conference of Paris | |
| July Paris The Paris Peace talks resume |
| 13th Dec Paris The Nth Vietnamese walk out of the Paris peace conference |
| 28th Dec Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations |
| 1972 | Constant Guard | |
| Mar Washington Launches an offensive against growing North Vietnamese activity |
| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
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