Featuring never-before-seen footage, 'Tricky Dick' explores Richard Nixon's life and times -- tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction.
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January 9, 1913 - Richard Nixon is born in Yorba Linda, California
1942-44 - Joins the U.S. Naval Reserve and serves at military offices across the U.S. and in the South Pacific during WWII
1946 - Elected U.S. congressman of California's 12th congressional district, as a Republican
1948 - Gains national attention - some of it controversial - after leading the investigation into former State Dept. official Alger Hiss for spying for the Soviet Union
1950 - Elected a U.S. senator, representing California
1952 - Elected vice president under President Dwight Eisenhower
1960 - Secures Republican presidential nomination, loses presidential race to John F. Kennedy
1968 - Elected president amid Vietnam War
1972-73 - Pres. Nixon wins re-election amid the unfolding Watergate scandal; four of Nixon's top officials resign; Nixon orders the removal of the special prosecutor investigating Watergate
1974 - Nixon is impeached and resigns; Vice President Gerald Ford takes over the presidency and pardons Nixon