At the singer’s request, rock and roll icon Elvis Presley met US President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of the White House on the 21st of December, 1970.
A few years later Nixon resigned following his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Presley died in August of 1977.
Because of the tapes involved in Watergate, this photo is now sometimes captioned:
The two greatest recording artists of the 20th century.
These images, taken by Oliver F. Atkins on the 9th of August, 1974, show US President Richard Nixon leaving the White House after resigning. The resignation came into effect shortly after.
Republican Nixon gave up the Presidency following the Watergate scandal, in which he tried to cover up his involvement in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson entertains guests at a Christmas party near the Blue Room Christmas Tree in the White House on the 16th of December, 1964.
The White House in 1901 X
The Executive Mansion, home to the US President, was officially renamed the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt on the 12th of October, 1901.
The new name had been unofficially used for at least ninety years before the change was made.
In Times Gone By... 
