Daily Archives: April 26, 2014

Nixon’s body flown west for burial 20 years ago this hour (Apr 26 1994)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: '1994 Death/Arrival in California of President Richard Nixon 1of6'

(Tuesday, April 26, 1994, 12:30 p.m. PDT) — In a scene worthy of “King Lear,” the usually sunny California sky unleashed thunder, lightning, rain and hail today as the body of former U.S. President Richard Nixon returned to his birthplace in a plain wooden coffin covered by a flag for burial on Apr. 27, 1994. Nixon, who had served from 1969 to 1974, had passed away Apr. 22, 1994, at the age of 81. Continue reading Nixon’s body flown west for burial 20 years ago this hour (Apr 26 1994) →

Geneva Conference opens in Switzerland 60 years ago today (Apr 26 1954)

1950s, Cold War, First Indochina War


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Geneva Conference at 51:54)

(Monday, April 26, 1954; during the First Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — The Geneva Conference, organized to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina, convened today in Geneva, Switzerland.