The following is a timeline of the presidency of Richard Nixon from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 1970.
January January 1 – President Nixon signs the National Environmental Policy Act. January 3 – Vice President Spiro Agnew says the US is warning other countries about treaty obligations made in Asia and that his country intends to follow its pledge while speaking to newsmen. President Nixon finishes the fiscal 1971 federal budget and meets with Budget Director Robert P. Mayo. January 4 – Vice President Agnew meets with Prime Minister of Thailand Thanom Kittikachorn in Thailand. January 8 – The State Department announces the US and China are going to resume ambassadorial-level meetings the upcoming January 20. January 9 – A gathering of over 200 protestors outside the White House cancels a birthday celebration for President Nixon. January 10 – United States Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz tells newsmen that labor department studies over the course of 1963, 1965, and 1969 as support for his theory that major strikes are not as economically harmful as believed. January 11 – The White House announces the intent of President Nixon to assist with relief efforts towards Biafrans. January 12 – President Nixon's appointment of Jerome H. Holland for United States Ambassador to Sweden is announced. January 14 – The State Department discloses that General Yakubu Gowon has praised American relief efforts within his country. The White House announces President Nixon's ordering of additional cuts in the 1971 budget in an effort to prevent inflation. January 15 – The White House announces the negotiation of future airport construction being the result of an agreement between the state government and respective county in southern Florida. Secretary of Defense Laird announces the reduction of American military strength by 300,000 troops by the following June while speaking to the California State Chamber of Commerce. January 16 – Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler says the tight fiscal policies of the Nixon administration will continue into the fiscal policy for the following year. January 17 – Vice President Agnew tells newsmen that he conveyed the Nixon doctrine within Asia during his trip. Secretary of State Rogers says he wishes for impeding discussions between the US and Red China will ease relations for exchanges of both visitors and trades during an interview. January 18 – United States Attorney General John Mitchell announces 236 million dollars will be used by the law enforcement administration to provide grants to states and cities in the year's fiscal budget. Vice President Agnew holds a breakfast meeting with United States Forces in Pacific Commander in Chief John S. McCain, Jr. at the Kahala Hilton hotel in Honolulu. January 19 – Press Secretary Ziegler announces President Nixon's nomination of G. Harrold Carswell for the United States Supreme Court. January 20 – The Senate votes 74 to 17 in favor of a 19.7 billion dollar money bill for the Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Departments. Secretary of Labor Shultz announces his support for a Chicago, Illinois program to assist in increasing black employment. January 22 – President Nixon delivers the 1970 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. January 23 – The Senate votes 73 to 1 in favor of an anti-crime bill promoted by the Nixon administration that incorporates Nixon's policies on handcuffing crime. January 25 – A message by President Nixon, in which the latter states the US would supply Israel with arms when growing concerns continue, is read during a Jewish conference. January 26 – President Nixon vetoes the Senate approved 19.7 billion dollar money bill during a televised appearance in the evening. January 27 – President Nixon meets with Prime Minister of Britain Harold Wilson at the White House. January 28 – The House sustains President Nixon's veto of the money bill. January 29 – The Nixon administration dismisses the possibility of a resuming of American bombing on North Vietnam as a result of the American fighter bombers attacking a base of communist anti-aircraft affiliation. January 30 – Vice President Agnew declares he will no longer critique television broadcasters and rebukes Baltimore newspapers during a testimonial to newsmen in Essex, Maryland. January 31 – Press Secretary Ziegler denies President Nixon was involved with the installation of a helicopter landing pad in Key Biscayne.
February February 1 – Vice President Agnew discloses an upcoming formation of a cabinet group to address desegregation court orders on southern school districts during an appearance on Face the Nation. February 2 – President Nixon's federal budget for 1971 is released to Congress. February 3 – Vice President Agnew denounces charges against the Nixon administration of promoting euphoria on Vietnam while speaking to newsmen. President Nixon sends a letter to Speaker John McCormack calling on Congress to compromise with him by composing an appropriation bill for health and education. February 4 – President Nixon issues an executive order demanding federal facilities cease the usage of air and water polluting operations within the next three years. February 5 – President Nixon holds a meeting with city mayors discussing law enforcement and the usage of federal and local authorities in combatting crime.
February 6 – United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney says President Nixon's visit to the Midwest was successful in creating a bond between his administration and officials on a state and local level. February 8 – United States Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy predicts a decline in price increase rate will occur within the latter part of the year. February 9 – Vice President Agnew denounces the claims of Congressional Democrats in a broadcast the previous day as "pure unadulterated fable". February 10 – United States Attorney General John Mitchell states an unspecified airport has been taken over by organized crime during a speech to the Bonds club in New York City. February 23 – United States Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz delivers a message from President Nixon to labor leaders and holds a meeting with them in which he says President Nixon describes himself as an activist President. The Senate votes for the authorization of full payment for the providing of free lunches to needy schoolchildren. Press Secretary Ziegler says President Nixon is looking forward to discussions with President of France Georges Pompidou.
March March 2 – President Nixon attends a dinner honoring French President Pompidou at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City during the evening. March 3 – President Nixon submits a special message to Congress calling for education reform. President Nixon issues Executive Order 11513, establishing the President's Commission on School Finance. March 4 – President Nixon transmits to Congress the annual report on the Foreign Assistance Program. March 5 – President Nixon signs Executive Order 11514 into law. President Nixon delivers an address at a ceremony following signing the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the International Conference Room at the Department of State during the morning.
April April 1 – President Nixon denounces charges of racism against Carswell and accuses the opposition of trying to stop the nomination so they can fill the vacancy on the court with individuals sharing their same ideology. April 2 – Labor Secretary Shultz admits to seeing no solution in the dispute between railroad and shopcraft unions other than the enactment of a compulsory solution. April 3 – President Nixon sends a special message to Congress requesting the first class postage rate be increased to 10 cents per letter as part of a pledge to increase postal worker wages by 14%.
April 4 – President Nixon attends a party for the Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson and Duke Edward VIII. April 5 – President Nixon attends a sermon of worship for John Cardinal Krol at the White House. April 7 – United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert H. Finch says the intent of the Nixon administration is to aim for desegregating faculty during a press conference. President Nixon presents the Medal of Honor to the families of twenty-one soldiers killed in the Vietnam War during a ceremony in the East Room. April 8 – The Senate votes 51 to 45 in disapproval of the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. April 9 – President Nixon announces the next judge he nominates for the Supreme Court will not hail from the Southern United States and the next nomination would be soon. April 10–11 – President Nixon meets with Chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt for discussions in Washington. April 13 – President Nixon signs into law a bill authorizing over 24 billion dollars for both elementary and secondary education over the following three years. April 14 – President Nixon announces his nomination of Harry A. Blackmun for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. April 15 – President Nixon requests Congress authorize a ban of dumping polluted materials in the Great Lakes. The White House announces a postponing of President Nixon's national televised address on the Vietnam War scheduled for the following day to during the early part of the upcoming week. April 16 – The House votes 243 to 155 in favor of President Nixon's welfare reform bill. April 17 – President Nixon announces that he will fly to Hawaii to present the crew of Apollo 13 with the Medal of Freedom. April 18 – President Nixon presents the Apollo 13 crew with Medals of Freedom at the Honolulu International Airport. April 20 – President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 150,000 troops from Vietnam by the following spring during a televised national address. April 28 – The Defense Department reports on the launch of Red China's first earthquake orbiting satellite. April 29 – The Cambodian Campaign is launched, a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia by the United States and South Vietnam.
May
June June 16 – President Nixon addresses the nation on live television to outline his plan for combating inflationSee for example Deseret News, 17 June 1970 p. 1, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Aul-kAQHnToC&dat=19700616&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
July July 4 – President Nixon holds a meeting with David K. E. Bruce during the morning and afternoon discussing diplomacy. American officials confirm a meeting between President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Secretary of State Rogers failed to produce a joint peace resolution to introduce at the Paris talks. July 9 – President Nixon sends a message to Congress recommending adoption of Reorganization Plans Nos. 3 and 4. Reorganization Plan No. 3 would create the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Reorganization Plan No. 4 would create the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the Department of Commerce.
August
September
October October 1 – President Nixon holds a six-hour meeting with President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. President Nixon states his interest in learning about Yugoslavia during remarks at the Serbian Council Building in Belgrade during the evening. October 2 – President Nixon delivers an address at Barajas Airport and receives the key to the city of Madrid during the afternoon. October 3 – President Nixon gives a speech on leaving Spain as well as both the historic and personal value of traveling there at the Barajas Airport during the morning. October 4 – President Nixon meets with David Bruce and Philip Habib during the Paris peace talks.