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#OTD 5/30/1973 – President Nixon met to discuss U.S.-China relations with Dr. Henry Kissinger and Huang Chen, Chief of the People's Republic of China Liaison Office in the United States, before flying to Iceland for the Reykjavik Summit held between France and the U.S. The President was greeted by Kristjan Eldjarn, President of Iceland. (Images: WHPO-E0888-18 & E0897-10)

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#OTD 5/28/1972 – In Moscow, Dr. Henry Kissinger and First Lady Pat Nixon watched a television broadcast of President Nixon in the Kremlin while members of the President’s staff watched two monitors in another room. The President’s remarks aired live on both U.S. and Soviet television and radio.

(Images: WHPO-9257-11 and 9252-01A)

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#OTD 5/23/1972 – President Nixon and Soviet Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev shook hands before the plenary session of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. talks in Moscow. (Image: WHPO-9149-07A)

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#OTD 5/21/1974 President Nixon met to discuss U.S.-Japanese relations with Masayoshi Ohira, Foreign Minister of Japan, Takeshi Yasukawa, Ambassador from Japan to the United States, and Yoshio Okawara, Director General for American Affairs, Japanese Foreign Ministry. Also show: Deputy National Security Advisor Maj. Gen. Brent Scowcroft. (Image: WHPO-E2807-04A)

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#OTD 5/20/1971 President Nixon announced a break in the year-long deadlock on negotiations between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). His remarks were broadcast on live radio and television. (Image: WHPO-6336-08A)

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#OTD 5/15/1972 First Lady Pat Nixon held a press conference to unveil the newly-refurbished White House Blue Room. The décor was inspired by the suite of furniture designed by French cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellangé that President James Monroe purchased for the room in 1817. Mrs. Joseph Neff (née Janet Annenberg), sister of U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter Annenberg, sponsored the Blue Room improvements. (Image: WHPO-9065-10)

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#OTD 5/13/1958 The motorcade of Vice President and Mrs. Nixon was attacked by a mob of anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. Protesters hurled rocks at their car and attempted to overturn it. (Images: A10-024.23.29.5 & A10-024.23.30.2)

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#OTD 5/12/1971 President Nixon witnessed the swearing-in of Jerris Leonard as Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration in the Department of Justice. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Leonard was an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.

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#OTD 5/8/1973 Legendary soccer (yes, we know most of the world calls it football) superstar Pelé (born Edson Arantes do Nascimento) and his wife Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi visited President Nixon in the Oval Office. The Wilson H6011 ball signed by Pelé is in our museum collection. We also have a soccer ball signed by the 1973 Real Madrid squad. (Images: WHPO-E0765-09A & 12A)

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#OTD 5/7/1970 First Lady Pat Nixon and 27-year-old Linda Light, cover girl for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual report. Mrs. Nixon was the honorary chair of the Society’s annual Hope Chest appeal.

Prior to her diagnosis at age 21, Ms. Light won the Miss Kansas title, was a runner-up in 1962 Miss Universe pageant, and worked as a TWA airline stewardess. She went on to attend Kansas State Teachers College and wrote a memoir titled "Something Beautiful."

(Images: WHPO-3479-08 & 10)

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#OTD 5/6/1971 President Nixon, Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin, and Dr. Norman Borlaug viewed agricultural displays, including samples of “miracle wheat,” on the White House South Lawn.

Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Prize in 1970 for developing high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. His work, combined with modern farming methods, is widely credited as saving hundreds of millions of lives by increasing food security in countries around the globe.

(Images: WHPO-6224-20A, 6225-18)

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#OTD 5/5/1972 President Nixon with Dr. Jerome Jaffe and family.

Dr. Jaffe served as Special Consultant to the President for Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and as Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP), during the years 1971-1973. His donated papers are located at the Nixon Library. (Image: WHPO-9025-05)

Watch his fascinating oral history on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/kdLJutnljW0

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#OTD 4/30/1972 President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon were honored guests at a barbecue buffet dinner hosted by Secretary of the Treasury John Connally and Mrs. Connally at their Picosa Ranch in Floresville, Texas. (Images: WHPO-8979-16A)

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#OTD 4/25/1972 President Nixon hosted a dinner honoring retiring Senators and Representatives. Shown here with House Minority Leader Rep. Gerald Ford and Speaker of the House Rep. Carl Albert. (Image: WHPO-8960-02)

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#OTD 4/24/1971 President Nixon met with Senator Bob Dole and Anne Armstrong, co-chairs of the Republican National Committee. (Image: WHPO-6123-03)

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#OTD 4/22/1994 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States, died at the age of 81 following a stroke suffered four days prior. His funeral was held five days later at the then-private Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace. (Image: WHPO-2055-04)

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#OTD 4/21/1973 As part of the Legacy of Parks program, Julie Nixon Eisenhower represented the President at the land transfer ceremony at the site of the former Veterans Administration hospital in Coral Gables, Florida.

The hospital was built in the 1920s as the Miami-Biltmore Hotel and Country Club before being turned over to the government in 1943 for use as a United States Army hospital. In 1947, it became a VA hospital that operated until 1968. Five years later, the land was transferred to the City of Coral Gables.

(Images: WHPO-E0697-03 & 23)