The most famous person born on January 9 is Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States and the only one to ever resign from office. Richard Milhous Nixon was a lawyer, statesman, 37th President of the United States, 36th Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative. Nationality: American; born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, United States. Generation: Greatest Generation / Interwar Chinese Zodiac: Water Rat (year 1912)—Nixon was born just before the 1913 Lunar New Year, so his Chinese zodiac sign is Rat. In Western biographical records, this sign is usually given to people born in 1913. Age in 2026: 113 years (deceased); zodiac sign: Capricorn. He was married to Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon from 1940 until her death in 1993. Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower are their two daughters. Richard Nixon came from a poor family that owned a lemon ranch in Yorba Linda and later Whittier, California. He worked in the family grocery store. He did well in school at Whittier College and Duke University School of Law. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he became a dedicated anti-communist Republican and ran for office. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. He became well-known across the country because of his role in the Alger Hiss case. He was Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president for eight years. During that time, he traveled a lot, had "kitchen debates" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cold War, and built a reputation as a strong and ambitious Cold Warrior. After losing the presidential election to John F. Kennedy in 1960 by a narrow margin and failing to win the governorship of California in 1962, he made a big comeback in politics. On a platform of "law and order," a secret plan to end the Vietnam War, and appealing to the "silent majority" of Americans concerned about social unrest, he secured the presidency in 1968. Nixon ended U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, pushed the "Vietnamization" policy, and oversaw the Paris Peace Accords while he was president from 1969 to 1974. He created the Environmental Protection Agency, signed the Clean Air Act, expanded affirmative action through the Philadelphia Plan, and put wage and price controls in place to deal with high inflation. His most important achievements were in foreign policy. He established diplomatic relations with China by visiting Beijing in 1972, helped ease tensions with the Soviet Union, and negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which changed the balance of power in the Cold War. The Watergate scandal, which started with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the cover-up that came to light through investigations and White House recordings, hurt his political support. The result led to impeachment proceedings and made him the first and only U.S. president to resign on August 9, 1974. After he retired, Nixon tried to rebuild his reputation as a seasoned foreign-policy statesman by writing memoirs and books about international affairs and giving advice to future presidents. However, both the public and scholars continued to see his legacy as a mix of major diplomatic successes and a serious abuse of presidential power that made people even more skeptical of the government. Cause of Death: He died on April 22, 1994, in New York City, New York, USA, because of problems that arose from a catastrophic stroke caused by a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain, causing cerebral edema and a deadly cerebrovascular event.