Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

#Nixon #OTD 2/16/1971 Today is the 50th anniversary of the first Nixon White House taped conversation. Learn more about the various taping systems dating back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt: https://www.nixonlibrary.gov//50th-anniversary-nixon-white

Happy Fat Tuesday! Laissez les bons temps rouler! On February 23, 1973, President Nixon met with Washington Carnival Ball Mardi Gras royalty including Queen Melanie Roemer, King Gordan Lambert, Rep. Joe D. Waggonner (D-LA), and assorted Festival Queens and Princesses. (Image: WHPO-E0335-17)

Today is the Washington's Birthday federal holiday, aka Presidents' Day. If you have the day off, we hope you are doing something you enjoy. (Image: #Nixon50 #OTD 2/15/1971 President Nixon, First Lady Pat Nixon, and Tricia Nixon departing Homestead AFB in Florida for Washington, DC. WHPO-5656-06)

Happy Valentine's Day! (Image: WHPO-5488-26) #ValentinesDay #HappyValentinesDay #BeMyValentine

#Nixon50 #OTD 2/12/1971 President Nixon meeting with Secretary of State William Rogers and Henry Kissinger in the President’s office at the Nixon home compound in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Image: WHPO-5655-10A)

#Nixon50 #OTD 2/11/1971 President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and British Ambassador Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, for the signing ceremony of the Seabed Arms Control Treaty at the Department of State building. The treaty "prohibits parties from emplacing nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction on the seabed and the ocean floor beyond a 12-mile coastal zone." The treaty is still in force today and has been ratified by dozens of nations. (Image: WHPO-5639-10)

#Nixon50 #OTD 12/13/1970 President Nixon addressed the White House Conference on Children held at the Sheraton-Park Hotel ballroom in Washington, DC. (Image: WHPO-5260-10)

#Nixon50 #OTD 12/11/1970 President Nixon announced his intention to appoint Congressman George Bush as Ambassador to the United Nations upon Ambassador Charles Yost's resignation from the Foreign Service. Nixon and Bush shown here with Secretary of State William Rogers. (Image: WHPO-5251-02A)

#Nixon50 #OTD 12/10/1970 President Nixon held a meeting with the press in the East Room. He answered questions on topics including the war in Vietnam, Cabinet changes, the Paris Peace Talks, Supersonic Transport, integration in housing, the economy, and more. (Image: WHPO-5250-08)

Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing died on December 2nd at the age of 94. The cause of death was complications from the COVID-19 coronavirus. He served as President of France from May 1974 until May 1981. In his capacity as Minister of the Economy and Finance, Giscard d'Estaing attended the French-American conference held in Reykjavik, Iceland in late May 1973. During World War II, he was in the French Resistance and served in the French First Army. Following th...e war, he taught and was in civil service before entering politics in 1956. In 1975, he created the G6 (Group of Six) when he held a summit in Rambouillet, France with the government heads of West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His impact on international diplomacy endures with the ongoing annual meetings of the G8 group, which grew to include Canada and Russia. Following his presidency, he co-founded the AEI World Forum with former President Gerald Ford, former British Prime Minister James Callaghan, and former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He also served on the Trilateral Commission. (Images: WHPO-E0914-6A, 10A & 16A. Giscard d'Estaing is shown wearing a brown suit) See more

#Nixon50 #OTD 12/9/1970 President Nixon participated in a re-enlistment ceremony for: William L. Howell, Staff Sergeant, USA Kent R.E. Taylor, Petty Officer, USN Thomas J. Blazek, Staff Sergeant, USAF Timothy N. Hughes, Sergeant, USMC... John R. Tidwell, Engineman 3rd Class, USCG (Image: WHPO-5239-05A) See more

#PearlHarborRemembranceDay Vice President and Mrs. Nixon cast leis of white carnations at the site of the USS Arizona where 1,177 Americans died during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. (Images: A10-024.43.54.9 and 54.10; 8/3/1960)