Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States, 
was born on January 9, 1913 in California.

The son of Quaker parents, Nixon grew up in the southern
California city of Yorba Linda.

Nixon then joined the Navy and served during World War II
as a lieutenant commander in the Pacific theater. After the
war, he gravitated toward Republican politics, joining the
post-war anti-communist crusade.