37th President Richard Nixon is born in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon, the only President to resign, represented California in the House of Representatives and Senate before being elected Vice President alongside Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. Nixon started detente with the Soviet Union and helped end the Vietnam War, but being embroiled in the Watergate scandal ended his presidency.
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