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.
From his mother, he came away with a really classic Quaker hunger for peace. That was his really good side, said John A. Farrell, author of a new Nixon biography, Richard Nixon: The Life (Doubleday, $35). Richard Nixon: The Life is by John A Farrell. | Doubleday By the time he was in the White House, first as vice president and then as president from 1969 to 1974, Nixon was mostly secular, viewing religious leaders as political allies rather than spiritual guides.