Richard Nixon was full of surprises.
He had some flaws, and it may not be remembered as the best politician ever, but one thing is certain: Richard Nixon had many, but many talents. When he wasn’t running the White House Office, Nixon played five instruments: piano, violin, clarinet, accordion, and saxophone. Impressive, right?
After losing the Presidential election to JFK, he reentered his law career due to his friend, Pepsi CEO Donald Kendall, who sweetened the New York City law firm of Mudge, Stern, Baldwin, and Todd into giving him a job.
Ronald Reagan was the first divorced U.S. president.
We all know that Ronald Reagan began a career as an actor first, and we also know that Hollywood left a pretty big mark on him due to a movie set accident that made him partially deaf. However, another interesting fact about the 40th president of the United States was that he divorced actress Jane Wyman in 1948, making him the first divorced U.S. president.
