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Watergate and the Iranian Hostage Crisis

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  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers
    The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers -- the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers later in the week.

  • Watergate Bugging

    Watergate Bugging
    Five men, one of whom says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested at 2.30 am trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex.

  • Nixon Re-election

    Nixon Re-election
    Nixon is re-elected 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.

  • White House Tapes Refusal

    White House Tapes Refusal
    Nixon refuses to turn over the presidential tape recordings from the White House taping system to the Senate Watergate committee or the special prosecutor.

  • "I'm Not A Crook"

    "I'm Not A Crook"
    Nixon declares, "I'm not a crook," maintaining his innocence in the Watergate case.

  • Edited Transcripts

    Edited Transcripts
    The White House releases more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee, but the committee insists that the tapes themselves must be turned over.

  • Nixon Resignation

    Nixon Resignation
    Richard Nixon becomes the first US president to resign. Vice President Gerald Ford assumes the office. He will later pardon Nixon of all charges related to the Watergate case.