Nixon's First 100 days

  • Inauguration

    Inauguration
    "We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another, until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."
  • Appointing

    Appointing
    Nixon appoints David M. Kennedy as Sec. of Treasury and William P. Rodgers as Sec. of State.
  • Nixon Appoints

    Nixon Appoints
    Sec. of defense Melvin R. Laird appointed.
    Attorney General John N. Mitchell.
  • Policy of Linkage

    Policy of Linkage
    Nixon impliments policy of Linkage.
  • Wire tapping

    Wire tapping
    Nixon orders wire tapping of reporters that covered the war.
  • Natural Diaster

    Natural Diaster
    FCQ terrorists bomb stock exchange in Montreal, Quebec.
  • ABM

    ABM
    Nixon asks congress to approve modified Antibalisic Missle (ABM) System.
  • Secret bombing

    Secret bombing
    Nixon gives secret order to bomb N.. Vietnamese supply surces in Cambodia. "Operation Breakfest" is so secret that B-52 crews are r aioed their target locations at the very last moment.
  • Orders

    Orders
    Nixon ordered a stepped up training program for S. Vietnamese forces.
  • Vietnamesation

    Vietnamesation
    Vietnamesation
  • Celebrations

    Celebrations
    Nixon celebrate Duke Ellington's birthday and awards Ellington the presidential medal of freedom.