Nixon's downfall

By T3D_BE4R

  • Nixon is Inaugurated

    Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.

  • Five men Caught

    Five men, one of whom says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested at 2:30 a.m. trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex.

  • Nixon Reelected

    Nixon is reelected in one of the largest landslides in American political history, taking more than 60 percent of the vote and crushing the Democratic nominee, Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.

  • Nixons aids

    Former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident. Five other men plead guilty, but mysteries remain.

  • Nixons tapes

    The White House can't explain an 18 ½-minute gap in one of the subpoenaed tapes. Chief of Staff Alexander Haig says one theory is that "some sinister force" erased the segment.

  • Court against Nixon

    House Judiciary Committee passes the first of three articles of impeachment, charging obstruction of justice.

  • Nixon Resigns

    Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign. Vice President Gerald R. Ford assumes the country's highest office. He will later pardon Nixon of all charges related to the Watergate case.