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01/20/1969: Richard Nixon inaugurated
Nixon is sworn into office as the thirty-seventh President of the United States. -
05/14/1969: Withdrawal from South Vietnam
Nixon proposes a plan whereby the United States and North Vietnam would agree to withdraw forces from South Vietnam. -
06/08/1969: Leaving Vietnam
Nixon announces a plan to withdraw 25,000 U.S. troops from South Vietnam by August 31. -
07/25/1969: The "Nixon Doctrine"
Nixon affirms his desire to withdraw U.S. troops from southeast Asia and declares that individual nations will bear a larger responsibility for their own security. Initially referred to as the “Guam Doctrine,” this statement later becomes known as the “Nixon Doctrine.” -
11/03/1969: North Vietnam rejects peace
Nixon reveals that North Vietnam has rejected the administration's secret peace offers. He proposes a plan for the gradual and secretive withdrawal of troops. -
06/17/1972: Watergate scandal begins
Police seize James McCord, Frank Sturgis, and three accomplices inside Democratic Headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate Hotel. They confiscate cameras, wiretapping materials, and $2,300 in cash. -
04/30/1973: Nixon takes responsibility for Watergate
Nixon admits responsibility for the Watergate affair on television, but continues to assert no prior knowledge of it. -
8/08/1974: Nixon resigns
On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced to a national television audience that he was resigning from the office of the presidency. Nixon's resignation came less than a month after the House Judiciary Committee voted for three articles of impeachment relating to Nixon's illegal involvement in the Watergate scandal and his use of government agencies to cover up that involvement. -
08/09/1974: Ford becomes President
Nixon leaves for California. His letter of resignation is sent to Kissinger, thus making Gerald Ford the thirty-eighth President of the United States.
