Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 9

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Did Nixon resign the day before ? August 9 should be the anniversary of Ford taking over, the 1st US president in office without an election.

Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, effective August 9. To quote: "Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow." I suppose you could argue that he committed the act of resigning on August 8 by making the announcement, but I think announcing resignation and resigining (actually handing over the reigns) are two different things. Regardless, Ford's role in history on August 9 was rather trivial compared to Nixon's, and we probably don't need to make a big fuss about both days. August 9 is the day most historians point to. -- RobLa 05:47, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)