1913: Born in California

1937: Graduates from Duke University Law School

1942: Serves in the U.S. Navy during World War II

1947-50: Serves as U.S. representative from California

1950-53: Serves as U.S. senator from California

1953-61: Serves as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960: Loses presidential election to John F. Kennedy

1962: Loses California gubernatorial election to Edmund G. Brown Sr.

1969-74: Serves as thirty-seventh U.S. president

1973: Vietnam cease-fire negotiated

1974: Resigns as president because of the Watergate scandal

1994: Dies in New York