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37th President
Richard M Nixon became the 37th President of the United States -
Pentagon Papers
New York times published Pentagon Papers -
The beginning of the scandal
Burglars arrested for trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex. -
Cash Missing
$25,000 cashier's check was loss for the Nixon campaign and it wound up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar. -
Suspicions Start Coming
FBI Agents based on the Watergate Break in was conducted by a higher power and maybe even the president of the United States. -
Second term, Nixton
Nixon is re-elected -
Arrests and Guilty
G. Gordon Liddy, James W. McCord Jr. and five other men are pleaded guilty in the Watergate scandal for bugging offices in the Democractic Building. -
Tapes Come To Light
Alexander Butterfield reveals to the court justice that Nixon records every conversation that goes on in the oval office -
Executive Privilege
Nixon refuses to turn in the tapes on the count of saying executive privilege is his right. He doesn't turn in the tapes to the Senate Watergate committee. -
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon fires Archibald Cox and Attorney General Richardson. Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus ends up resigning because of Nixon. The people start pressuring Congress for impeachment. -
Tapes Taken
The Supreme Court demands that Nixon give the tapes of 64 White House conversations that happen in the oval office. -
Nixon's Resignation
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign. Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes president and later pardons Nixon of anything that had to do with the Watergate Scandal. -
Impeachment For Nixon
Nixon was almost impeached by Congress before he resigned. -
Tapes Released
The tapes were released to the public revealing over 340 hours of conversation that went on inside the oval offices between Nixon and his men.
