On this day, August 8, 1974 US President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation as president of the United States of America, effective from noon the following day.
It’s one of those days that people old enough to remember will recall where exactly they were on that day and indeed, what they were doing.
He announced his resignation on the feast of St Dominic.
And guess where he lived out his years of retirement? San Clemente.
For readers not familiar with the Irish Dominicans, San Clemente is the name of the Irish Dominicans’ priory on the Via Labicana in Rome.
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