Video: Nixon joins U.S. Navy (at 2:10)
(Wednesday, September 2, 1942) — Richard M. Nixon, 29, setting aside his Quaker pacifism, was today commissioned as Navy Lieutenant (junior grade).
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Gen. McClellan restored to full command 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: Sept. 2, 1862 (at 35:18)
(Tuesday, September 2, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restored Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan to full command today following the defeat of General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
