Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon
Full name	Richard Milhous Nixon
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of birth	9 January 1913
Place of birth	Yorba Linda, California
Family	Pat Ryan (wife) 2 children
Nationality	United States
Professional Information
Occupation	37th President of the United States (1969-1973) Politician Representative from California (1947-1950) Senator from California (1950-1953) 36th Vice President of the United States (1953-1961)
Affiliation	United States
Political party	Republican
Series Information
Real person	Yes   →
Actors	Self (archive footage) Jim Meskimen (voice)
Season	One

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1973.

History

On June 26, 1969, when the Soviet Union managed to land the first man on the Moon, not wanting to become the president who lost the Space Race, he ordered the CIA to look again at all intelligence reports to see if they had missed anything.

After Wernher von Braun disapproved his wish for a military base on the Moon, he told Henry Kissinger that he wants "that Kraut bastard gone" and demanded to find a "creative way" to get rid of the popular NASA chief rocket designer. This was done by declassifying documents from Operation Paperclip, making von Braun's former connection with the Allgemeine SS public during a congressional hearing about the lost Space Race.

After the Soviets landed the first woman, Anastasia Belikova, on the Moon on 20 September 1969, Nixon ordered NASA to also send a female astronaut to space, "preferably a blonde", which led to the first female ASCAN program at NASA. On October 18, 1971, his wish was finally fulfilled when Molly Cobb landed on the lunar surface as part of Apollo 15, talking to the president on telephone, broadcasted live on national television.

In the 1972 presidential election, Nixon was defeated by Democrat Ted Kennedy. His involvement in the Watergate scandal during his presidency led to criminal proceedings against him, though he rejected Kennedy's offer of a pardon in 1974.

Gallery

See also: Image gallery of Richard Nixon

Nixon watching the Soviet Moon landing

Nixon with Kissinger

Behind the scenes

In OTL, Nixon won a second term in a landslide against George McGovern in 1972. He was also never criminally charged for Watergate, due to the pardon of President Gerald Ford.

See also

• Ted Kennedy
• Ronald Reagan
• Gary Hart
• Ellen Wilson
• List of presidents of the United States

External links

  Richard Nixon on Wikipedia

  Presidency of Richard Nixon on Wikipedia