United States President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> signs a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law#Enactment" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Maximum Speed Law">bill</a> lowering the maximum U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limit" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Speed limit">speed limit</a> to 55 mph in order to conserve <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gasoline">gasoline</a> during an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="OPEC">OPEC</a> embargo.<sup about="#mwt133" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"}}' id="cite_ref-25" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_2#cite_note-25" id="mw4g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 25;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4w">[25]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"><cite about="#mwt129" class="citation news cs1" id="mwB6A"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095932/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40610FD3F58137B93C1A9178AD85F408785F9&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=nixon%20approves%20limit%20of%2055&amp;st=cse" id="mwB6E" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Nixon Approves Limit of 55<span id="mwB6I" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>MPH"</a>. <i id="mwB6M">The New York Times</i>. January 3, 1974. pp.<span id="mwB6Q" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>1, 24. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40610FD3F58137B93C1A9178AD85F408785F9&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=nixon%20approves%20limit%20of%2055&amp;st=cse" id="mwB6U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on June 5, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB6Y">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB6c">July 22,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt129" class="Z3988" id="mwB6g" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Nixon+Approves+Limit+of+55+MPH&amp;rft.pages=1%2C+24&amp;rft.date=1974-01-03&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fselect.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3DF40610FD3F58137B93C1A9178AD85F408785F9%26scp%3D1%26sq%3Dnixon%2520approves%2520limit%2520of%252055%26st%3Dcse&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+2"></span><span about="#mwt132" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"subscription required","href":"./Template:Subscription_required"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwB6k" style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )" typeof="mw:Transclusion">(subscription required)</span><link about="#mwt132" href="./Category:Pages_containing_links_to_subscription-only_content" id="mwB6o" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>