Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the previous installments on Nixon’s childhood and time at ...

Nixon resigned amid Watergate scandal. — -- President Richard Nixon resigned 40 years ago today, saying during his announcement that it would begin "that process of healing which is so ...

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The president gave an emotional farewell speech to White House staff. — -- On August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon woke up with a start after a restless night. “I looked at my watch,” Nixon ...

Right up until he was sentenced last month to six and a half years in prison on mail fraud and obstruction of justice charges, newspaper mogul Conrad Black energetically promoted his new biography of ...