### Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon: Icons of the 1960s American Culture ###

1. 1960’s M A R I L Y N COAST How to lose a guy In ten days 1966 Mustang U.S 10 ₵ I don’t mind living in a mans world , as long as I can be a woman in it. –Marilyn Monroe

2. “Cometogether”

3. President 1969 Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was born January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda California. He graduated from Duke University of Law. Later on after Pearl Harbor, Nixon joined the U.S navy. He was also Luitenent Commander in World War II. In 1950 he was elected to the United state senate as the Junior senator from California. He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party nominee, in the 1952 presidential election, becoming one of the youngest Vice Presidents in history. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of California in 1962; following these losses, Nixon announced his withdrawal from political life. In 1968, however, he ran again for President of the United States and was elected. He then became our 37th President. In 1972 he was reelected by a landslide. He continued many reforms in his second term, though the nation was afflicted with an energy crisis. Later Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. In his retirement, Nixon became a prolific author and undertook many foreign trips. His work as an elder statesman helped to rehabilitate his public image. He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994, and died four days later at the age of 81.