Today, California produces the majority of European varieties of grapes in the United States. Although a large proportion of the California crop is used for winemaking and raisins, the remainder provides a bountiful supply of fresh fruit for American tables during most of the year.
Richard Nixon. Nixon redirects here. For other uses, see Nixon (disambiguation). Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 â April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office.
THE 37th PRESIDENT; RICHARD NIXON, 81, DIES; A MASTER OF POLITICS UNDONE BY WATERGATE. Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, who was the only President in more than two centuries of American history to resign from office, died last night at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.