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Richard M. Nixon

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Richard Nixon and Henry Starling

Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) was a 20th century Human politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974.

At some point during his time in office, he greeted computer revolutionary Henry Starling, as well as successfully opening the door to China, becoming the first United States President to visit the Communist nation. (VOY: "Future's End"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Nixon was forced to resign in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal. (DS9: "Q-Less")

An image of Richard Nixon as the timeline reset itself

In 2154, upon return from an alternate version of 1944, Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer was shown the timeline resetting by a temporal agent named Daniels. Images of President Nixon could be seen as the timeline reset itself. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")

In 2293, Captain Spock "vouched" to volunteer James T. Kirk as a symbolic olive branch to the Klingons. At the time, he referred to a supposedly old Vulcan proverb that stated "Only Nixon could go to China." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Nixon was in office at the time of the conclusion of the initial three-year run of Star Trek in 1969, as well as during Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic moon landing.

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