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Richard Nixon

Featured Biography Richard M. Nixon

North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

Richard M. Nixon, address to the United States on the War in Vietnam, November 3, 1969

Born this day in 1913 was Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States (1969–74), who held office during the Vietnam War and became, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, the only U.S. president to resign.

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Damiens, engraving by Gabriel, 18th century

January 9, 1715 — March 28, 1757

Robert-François Damiens

Robert-François Damiens was a French fanatic who in 1757 made an unsuccessful...

Churchill, Jennie Jerome

January 9, 1854 — June 29, 1921

Jennie Jerome Churchill

Jennie Jerome Churchill was an American-born society figure, remembered...

Karel Čapek, 1938.

January 9, 1890 — December 25, 1938

Karel Čapek was a Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright,...

Carrie Chapman Catt

January 9, 1859 — March 9, 1947

Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt was an American feminist leader who led the women’s...

Maria Gaetana Agnesi.

May 16, 1718 — January 9, 1799

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician and philosopher,...

Friel, Brian

January 9, 1929 or January 10, 1929 — October 2, 2015

Brian Friel was a playwright who explored social and political life...

St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer

January 9, 1902 — June 26, 1975

St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer

St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer ; canonized October 6, 2002; feast...

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt

January 9, 1875 — April 18, 1942

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor and art patron,...