Bizarre Events1 min 28 sec
Music · 1900s
Elvis Asked Nixon for a Drug Agent Badge
In December 1970, Elvis Presley went to the White House, met President Richard Nixon, and asked for a federal narcotics badge. The result was one of the strangest celebrity-political meetings ever photographed. #WhoCaresHistory #ElvisPresley #RichardNixon #WeirdHistory #USHistory #historyshorts Would you have let Elvis have the badge? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up.
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In December 1970, Elvis Presley went to the White House, met President Richard Nixon, and asked for a federal narcotics badge. The result was one of the strangest celebrity-political meetings ever photographed. #WhoCaresHistory #ElvisPresley #RichardNixon #WeirdHistory #USHistory #historyshorts Would you have let Elvis have the badge? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up.
In December 1970, Elvis Presley went to the White House, met President Richard Nixon, and asked for a federal narcotics badge. The result was one of the strangest celebrity-political meetings ever photographed. #WhoCaresHistory #ElvisPresley #RichardNixon #WeirdHistory #USHistory #historyshorts Would you have let Elvis have the badge? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up.
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