An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
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Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
The arrest of five White House operatives sets off the Watergate scandal.
