January 20, 1969 Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. A formal tea is held before the Inauguration by President and Mrs. Kennedy for the President-elect and Pat Nixon and their children. Julie Nixon Eisenhower (with husband David) and Tricia Nixon play with the Kennedy children. Nixon and Kennedy hold a private meeting and later biographers say that the two former rivals engage in a friendly, magnanimous discussion. Some elements of national security are given to Nixon by JFK.