An estate of living history

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, then the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and his Chinese counterpart, Minister Xie Zhenhua, issue an historic agreement to reduce methane emissions.

Just days before Dr. Martin Luther King would have turned 90, members of the slain civil rights leader’s inner circle, including singer Joan Baez and the Rev. Gerald Durley, convene at Sunnylands.

U.S. President Barack Obama convenes leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at Sunnylands. It is the first meeting of ASEAN countries on U.S. soil.

U.S. President Barack Obama greets King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at the entrance to the Sunnylands residence.

Key leaders from science, government, NGOs, and industry convene in the living room at Sunnylands discussing the future of AIDS research.

The Sunnylands-Aspen Institute Task Force on Streamlining and Consolidating Congressional Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security convene at Sunnylands and release a report.

U.S. President Barack Obama hosts President Xi Jinping of China at Sunnylands for an informal meeting deemed a “shirtsleeves summit.”

Sunnylands and the Woodrow Wilson Center convene a high-level retreat on U.S.–Mexico relations at the historic residence.

Bipartisan California leaders, including Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, meet at the Sunnylands residence with Leonore Annenberg (center).

Walter Annenberg announces his $500 million pledge to U.S. public schools.

U.S. President George H. W. Bush hosts an official White House dinner at Sunnylands for Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan.

Walter and Leonore Annenberg announce a $50 million grant to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) in a ceremony at Sunnylands with U.S. President George H.W. Bush.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a free trade agreement with Canada, a precursor to NAFTA, and announces it to the nation from Sunnylands.

In the Room of Memories, U.S. President Ronald Reagan watches a New Year’s greeting to the American people from Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom and HRH Prince Philip visit Sunnylands.

Celebrity singer Frank Sinatra marries his fourth wife, Barbara, at Sunnylands.

U.S. President Richard Nixon finds refuge at Sunnylands after President Gerald Ford issues a pardon for Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal.

U.S. President Richard Nixon drafts his final State of the Union Address while visiting Sunnylands.

Walter and Leonore Annenberg host the Republican Governors Association at Sunnylands.

Sunnylands welcomes its first guests, among whom was U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.