Richard Nixon

He was an actor and writer, known for Frost/Nixon (2008), The New Girl (1960) and Startime (1959). He was married to Pat Nixon.

Pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued 26 April 1995, 1 year and 4 days following his death.

Senator Bob Dole, along with Rev. Billy Graham and President Bill Clinton, eulogized Nixon at his funeral in April of 1994.

Dedicated his Presidential Libary, located in Yorba Linda, California, on July 9, 1990 - with President George Bush and former Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan in attendance.

In 1975, after receiving a $2 million advance for his memoirs, British TV personality David Frost, offered him between $600,000 and $1 million for a series of 4 interviews.

In 1973, his likeness appeared on a 4 cent postage label issued by the (now defunct) Independent Postal System of America.

In his 1972 bid for office, Nixon defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern by one of the widest margins on record.

Hours before his sudden stroke (which caused his death), Nixon sent a letter of best wishes along with a book to a friend of someone who had suffered a stroke. The letter explained his heartfelt concern, and he hoped that the book, which discusses the stroke that Pat Nixon suffered in the 1970s, would be of some aid. A copy of the letter he wrote is on display at his "study exhibit" at the Nixon Library.

(January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974) 37th President of the United States of America.

Was in Dallas on November 22, 1963, the day that John F. Kennedy was shot.

Ran for governor of California in 1962 and lost to Edmund G. Brown("Pat"). It was after this political defeat that he uttered his famous quote, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore....." Interestingly enough, six years later, he was elected President of the United States.

During his campaign for President in 1960, he and John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, engaged in the first-ever televised Presidential debates. Kennedy, with his youthful enthusiasm and good looks, appeared more comfortable, while Nixon, who was definitely the more qualified of the two, looked stiff and nervous. Experts say this was the key factor that got Kennedy elected.

First US vice-president to appear on the postage stamp of a foreign country when in 1958 he featured on Ecuador's 2-sucre stamp with flags of the US and Ecuador.

Last NY Journal American Tournament of Orators held at the old Carnegie Hall in 1956 was attended by the Vice President

In 1952, Nixon appeared on his first of 55 TIME magazine covers, a record still unbroken by any other single person (2008).

First rose to political prominence as a U.S. Representative in 1948 when he was instrumental in bringing charges against Alger Hiss, an alleged Communist spy,.

Was the second Quaker (that is, Society of Friends) who served as President of the United States, the first being President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933). His mother was descended from a long line of Quakers, the Milhouses.

Is one of only two men to appear on a major party's presidential ticket five times: the other is Franklin D. Roosevelt, who after an unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1920, won four successive presidential campaigns in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. Republican stalwart Nixon won the vice presidency twice as Dwight D. Eisenhower's running-mate in 1952 and 1956, but lost to John F. Kennedy in his first bid for the presidency in 1960. Nixon subsequently won two terms as president, in 1968 and 1972.

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California, USA as Richard Milhous Nixon.

Before its premiere, he was given a private screening of 1776 (1972). He objected to the musical number "Cool Considerate Men," so the number was cut from the theatrical release. The song was restored on the laserdisc version as well as the Director's Cut DVD.