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Historical Events Index
Anti-Semitism in The Soviet Union - Hostility and discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.Day 1, Tape 4
00:17:12
Arizona, Prescott, Frontier Day Celebration - A rodeo.
Day 1, Tape 2
00:39:15
Armistice Day or Veterans Day - November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States to honor the men and women of World War I.
Day 1, Tape 1
01:05:59Day 1, Tape 4
00:10:55
Belgian War Relief - During World War I, Herbert Hoover gave food to the Belgians, whose fields were destroyed due to war with the Germans.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:35:27
Checkers Speech - A speech in which Richard Nixon denied charges that he had accepted money from a secret political fund. Nixon gave a televised address reporting that the only gift he accepted was the family cocker spaniel, Checkers, who had been sent by a Texas admirer. The talk became quite famous and saved Nixon's place as Dwight Eisenhower's running mate.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:41:52
CIO-PAC - Jerry Voorhis was endorsed by CIO-PAC (Congress of Industrial Organizations - Political Action Committee), a political labor organization suspected of Communist affiliation. Voorhis rejected this endorsement in 1946, but Nixon accused him of ties to the group.
Day 1, Tape 5
00:27:25
00:27:28
Civil War or War Between the States (1861-65) - This war was between the federal government of the United States and 11 Southern states that fought for their right to secede from the Union.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:46:32
00:47:52
Cold War - A period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union which developed in the years following World War II.
Day 1, Tape 6
00:46:47
Debates: the first Nixon - Kennedy debate - This debate over the Taft Hartley Act took place in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
Day 1, Tape 5
00:51:39
Day 1, Tape 2
Dempsey - Carpentier Fight - Jack Dempsey beat Georges Carpentier in less than 11 minutes in a boxing match on July 2, 1921. This fight attracted the largest crowd to a sporting event up to that time, it was the first fight ever broadcast on radio, and it was also the first to gross more than a million dollars.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:03:40
Dempsey - Firpo Fight - Jack Dempsey beat Argentinian boxer Luis Angel Firpo, also known as the "Wild Bull of the Pampas," in 3 minutes and 57 seconds.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:03:40
The Great Depression - Beginning in 1929, the American economy capsized due to stock market crashes and unequal distribution of wealth.
Day 1, Tape 1
01:03:44Day 1, Tape 2
00:59:25Day 1, Tape 3
00:01:03
00:07:47Day 1, Tape 4
00:20:13
00:23:44
Election Night 1972 - On November 7, 1972, Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:12:40
Equal Rights Amendment or ERA - The ERA was written and proposed in 1923 by Alice Paul, founder of the National Woman's Party. She considered the ERA to be the next step after the 19th Amendment in guaranteeing equal justice to all citizens.
Day 1, Tape 2
00:15:02
German Invasion of Russia - Adolph Hitler ordered the invasion of Russia in 1941. This act, which violated a nonaggression pact signed in 1939, took the Soviets by surprise and, therefore, allowed the Germans to capture many Russian armies. This new dimension of conflict resulted in a widespread escalation of World War II.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:32:10
Herter Committee - A committee that studied the needs of European nations for Marshall plan funds.
Day 1, Tape 5
00:58:24
00:58:54
01:01:26Day 1, Tape 6
00:27:16
01:00:21
Hiss Case - Alger Hiss was tried in an espionage case that began the anti-Communist McCarthy era. This case also brought Richard Nixon to national attention as a congressional investigator.
Day 1, Tape 1
00:31:53Day 1, Tape 6
00:17:39
00:27:16
00:41:34
00:44:54
00:50:30
00:58:49
01:00:02
01:00:21
Hollywood Ten - Consisted of Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Albert Maltz, Adrian Scott, Samuel Ornitz, Dalton Trumbo, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, and Alvah Bessie. The House Un-American Activities Committee found these ten men guilty of contempt of congress because they refused to answer questions pertaining to their possible communist affiliations. Each was sentenced to between six and twelve months in prison. After their sentences were carried out, most were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios.
Day 1, Tape 6
00:02:08
00:04:46
House Committee on Un-American Activities or HUAC - Investigated communist infiltration of Hollywood.
Day 1, Tape 4
01:02:26Day 1, Tape 5
00:38:27
00:39:41
00:39:48
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00:55:45Day 1, Tape 6
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00:12:08
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00:27:16
00:41:34
00:43:57
00:52:42
Iron Curtain Speech - Winston Churchill, British prime minister, made a speech at Fulton, Mo., U.S., on March 5, 1946, stating, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." This speech has been viewed as the first public recognition of the Cold War.
Day 1, Tape 5
00:40:06
Jackson-Vanik Amendment - This amendment links normal trade relations to the emigration and human rights policies of communist or formerly communist countries. It was passed in response to restrictive policies in the Soviet Union that were established to limit emigration by Jews.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:16:02
00:17:12
Jewish Emigration from Russia - In the early 1970s, the Soviets removed some of their restrictions on Jewish emigration. The number of Jews departing from Russia increased gradually and peaked in 1979.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:13:49
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00:14:54
00:17:12
Death of United States President John F. Kennedy - Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, 1963.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:31:01
Korean War, (1950 - 1853) - A conflict between North Korea and South Korea. The United Nations, along with the United States, whose interest was to minimize communist expansion, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans. The People's Republic of China were on North Korea's side.
Day 1, Tape 4
01:00:10
Labor Unions, Investigation of Communism in - (mentioned)
Day 1, Tape 5
00:48:35
Marshall Plan - George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, established this plan for American assistance in restoring the economic infrastructure of Europe after WWII.
Day 1, Tape 5
01:01:26
Mancini - Kim Fight - Ray Mancini, also known as "Boom Boom," fatally injured Korean boxer Duk-Koo Kim in 14th round of a boxing match on November 13, 1982. Following this fight, number of rounds was changed from 15 to 12.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:05:34
The New Deal, (1933 - 1939) - A government regulated economic relief plan developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression; it followed ineffective efforts Herbert Hoover's administration.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:23:44
Nye Committee - This committee investigated munitions manufacturers and bankers in World War I and suggested that these two groups were responsible for America's entry into WWI. Alger Hiss was a part of this committee, 1934.
Day 1, Tape 6
00:12:08
Pearl Harbor - A navy base and headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu County, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor which resulted in the United States entering into World War II.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:25:20
Presidential Years - Richard Nixon reveals how he handled the customs of other countries, particularly alcohol, during his vice-presidential and presidential years.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:28:25
Prohibition - In the early 20th century, it was illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport alcohol.
Day 1, Tape 2
00:33:56
Pumpkin Papers - Microfilm containing secret State Department records, known as the Pumpkin Papers. Whittaker Chambers hid the microfilm, which contained secret State Department records, in a hollowed-out pumpkin on his Maryland farm before showing it to Nixon and congressional investigators as evidence that Alger Hiss was a spy.
Day 1, Tape 6
00:24:34
00:32:31
00:37:45
00:41:34
Racial diversity - Richard Nixon relays his experiences with a variety of cultures while growing up in Yorba Linda, California.
Day 1, Tape 2
00:50:36Death of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt - In 1945 Roosevelt was at his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia. While having his portrait painted, he experienced a cerebral hemorrhage, and died shortly thereafter.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:31:21
Rose Bowl, (1933) - Southern California defeated Penn State in this post-season college football game.
Day 1, Tape 2
01:11:56
Russian War Relief - As head of the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover saw to it that shiploads of food and supplies to were sent to Bolshevik Russia from 1921-23 during that country's famine.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:35:27
S.S. Monroe - A luxury liner that Richard Nixon shipped out on during WWII.
Day 1, Tape 3
00:35:38
Southern Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, (1942 - 1943) - At this island during WWII, Japanese troops landed and began building an airfield. In response, the Allies conducted a surprise attack on the airfield and captured it. Both sides then began landing reinforcements by sea, and intense fighting began. The Japanese were unable to overwhelm the Americans because the Americans were able to land troops faster than could the Japanese. As a result of this, the Japanese were forced to leave the island.
Day 1, Tape 3
00:36:48
Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley Act or Labor-management Relations Act, (1947) - This act, developed by Senator Robert A. Taft from Ohio and Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr. from New Jersey, sought to preserve the rights of workers to organize and to bargain collectively and to guarantee employees the right not to join unions. This Act also permitted union shops only where state law allowed and where a majority of workers voted for them, required unions to give 60 days advance notification of a strike, clearly defined unfair labor practices and unfair union practices, and required union officers to deny under oath any Communist affiliations.
Day 1, Tape 3
00:44:07Day 1, Tape 5
00:48:35
00:50:25
00:51:39
Tire Rationing section in the Office of Price Administration - When the United States entered World War II, Richard Nixon worked briefly for the tire rationing section of the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C. Tire rationing was necessary a thousands of workers migrated toward industrial war plants, as was gasoline rationing.
Day 1, Tape 3
00:26:17
Townsend Plan - A plan for pensions for the elderly.
Day 1, Tape 5
00:12:30
Seabee Battalion - The United States purchased Port Huebene, Ventura County, California, in 1942, and established the Naval Construction Battalion or Seabee Battalion Center for Pacific operations.
Day 1, Tape 3
00:47:47
00:48:39
V-J Day or Victory Over Japan - The Japanese surrendered to the United States, ending World War II, on August 14/15, 1945.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:26:27
00:25:20
Vietnam War, (1955-75) - An extended period of conflict during which South Vietnam resisted efforts by North Vietnamese communists to unite North and South Vietnam under their leadership. Fearing the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States came to the aid of the South Vietnamese in 1964. Ultimately, the North Vietnamese prevailed.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:58:07Day 1, Tape 6
00:49:11
00:50:30
Watergate, (1972-75) - (mentioned) United States political scandal revealing illegal activities on the part of President Richard M. Nixon during the 1972 presidential election campaign.
Day 1, Tape 5
01:08:21
01:22:48
Whittier College, California, Societies
Day 1, Tape 2
World War I, (1914-18) - An international war that pitted the Allies, comprising Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and, eventually, the United States, against the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.Day 1, Tape 1
00:39:22
01:05:43Day 1, Tape 2
00:33:56
00:41:12
World War II, (1939-45) - In this war, the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan, opposed the Allies: France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and many others. The war was largely the result of conflicts left unresolved by, or created by, World War I.
Day 1, Tape 4
00:35:27Day 1, Tape 5
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