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Secret bombing of Cambodia
The United States began secretly bombing Cambodia. The Nixon administration did not inform Congress of the attacks for several months.
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Nixon Doctrine
The President Nixon announced his Nixon Doctrine, a foreign policy plan that emphasized the United States’ commitment to its treaty obligations, promised allies protection from other nuclear powers, and called on other countries to take responsibility for their own defense.
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Richard Nixon elected president
In the presidential election of 1968, Republican Richard Nixon faced off against Democrat Hubert Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George Wallace. Humphrey had won the Democratic nomination after the assassination of Robert Kennedy, but Nixon took the national election.
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SALT I Treaty
US President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement, a treaty limiting nuclear weapons and antiballistic missile systems.
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Saturday Night Massacre
In a series of events dubbed the “Saturday Night Massacre,” President Nixon ordered the firing of the special prosecutor in the Watergate case, Archibald Cox; both the US attorney general and deputy attorney general refused the order and resigned in protest.
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Invasion of Cambodia
Richard Nixon announced the US invasion of Cambodia. The news prompted protests and anger among the public.
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Clean Air Act of 1970
Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act of 1970, which amended federal air pollution policy and implemented sweeping environmental protections.
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Nixon in China
Richard Nixon became the first US president to visit the People’s Republic of China when he traveled there for one week in 1972. During his visit, Nixon met with Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials. The trip proved a success when China agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with the US.
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Watergate break-ins
Determined to win the 1972 presidential election, the Nixon administration sent special agents—called the “Plumbers”—to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel. They hoped to copy documents and wiretap telephones. The Plumbers were caught by a hotel security guard. The Nixon administration managed to cover up the incident temporarily, but the scandal was revealed by reporters and Senate hearings. Nixon was eventually forced to resign.
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Nixon re-elected
Richard Nixon was re-elected by a margin of nearly eighteen million popular votes over Democratic anti-war candidate George McGovern.