YES NO 8 people found this helpful. â After the dot-com bubble burst and the real estate market crashed, trust in the American financial sector was at an all-time low, with many investors pulling out of the market.
Nixon wins presidential election. Eight years after being defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. Two years after losing to Kennedy, Nixon ran for governor of California and lost in a bitter campaign against Edmund G. (âPatâ) Brown.
Richard Nixon, a member of the Republican party, took office January 20, 1953 at age 40 and served as Vice President to President Dwight D. Eisenhower for 8 years. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California and received an education from Whittier College and Duke University School of Law.