“Elvis & Nixon” is in theaters this Friday. — -- When Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in 1970, the photograph taken that day became the most requested image from the National Archives, ...

Elvis Presley went to the White House in 1970 and asked President Richard Nixon to make him a “federal agent at large” to fight drug crimes. Presley wrote Nixon a letter claiming his fame would let ...

This we know: On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley showed up bright and early at the White House gates, delivering a barely legible note he'd scrawled on American Airlines stationery to President ...

"I'm on your side, " Elvis told Nixon. Then the singer asked if he could have a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Ollie Atkins / Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum The ...

It was the unlikeliest of meetings: the King discussing drugs and rock and roll with the President of the United States. Richard Nixon’s birthday is today. Yesterday was Elvis Presley’s. Here's the ...

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