An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
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President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
President Richard Nixon implemented a 60-day price freeze across the US.
US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.