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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Dec 26, 2024, 08:14 AM Dec 26

On this day, December 26, 1973, Richard Nixon flew from IAD to LAX on United Flight 55. [View all]

Flying from IAD to LAX on United #55 with Pat and daughter Tricia, December 26, 1973, fighting Watergate scandal, President Nixon posed with flight crew and shook hands in coach—privately Nixon suspected (correctly) that he had just spent his last Christmas in White House.

Possible that not every passenger in coach on United #55 during flight from IAD to LAX was delighted to be suddenly greeted by the Watergate-beleaguered Nixon, wanting to say hello, December 26, 1973: #RNPLB







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