who remembers aug. 9, 1974
 

missed it by a few days, august 9, 1974, Nixon resigns.

I was 18 years old, had a summer job as a security guard. The radio was on in our lounge carrying it live and we would all dart in periodically to hear what was going on.

Pretty much everyone was aware of Watergate, although at the time, I was more interested in girls than politics. :ping:

So who remembers where they were that day? The reason I ask is an article came out over the weekend that 50% of the current U.S. population was not born in 1974.

I was twenty years old.
I can't say I was sorry to see that crook go... until I realized they parked a Ford in his place.:-?:O:

I don't remember what I was doing that day but I do recall not liking him all that much.

It's difficult to be nostalgic about Nixon.

Ford and his often smashed First Lady on the other hand were a barrel of laughs.

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That was the only time that Air Force One changed its call sign mid flight other than for OPSEC reasons.

Nixon was airborne when the swearing in was given to Ford.

I remember later shaking hands with President Ford as a young lad. Didn't even know he was coming, riding my bike at the college where he landed.

Amateur.

Our former PM was convicted to 2 years for corruption and he's still an MP :O:

I don't remember exactly, but I was twenty-four, recently married, and living my own dream. I probably just read about it in the newspaper.

I was 9. I was still figuring out which was my favorite chair at the table...

I was 12. I remember watching it on TV. That's about it. I knew there was something going on that he shouldn't been doing.

Lesson to take from Mr. Nixon? Do not make recordings of your illegal activities.

I was asleep in bed as most of it unfolded during my night.

I was -10 years old :haha:

The impression I have from my family though is that Nixon was hardly the most popular US president with Russians, too, although for somewhat different reasons. His detente with China, arguably, shifted the global balance of power against the Soviets more than many realize.

Many people think that improving relations with China was actually Kissinger's idea but really it was Nixon. I think that might be because Kissinger visited China in secret a few months before Nixon's official visit.

I wonder how many people do not realize that Nixon created the EPA?