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Watergate Scandal
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Nixon Elected
Republican California Senator Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and is elected president of the United States -
Nixon Inaugurated
Inauguration of 37th president Richard Nixon. In his speech he promised to bring America together and find a way to end the war. -
Pentagon Papers
Pentagon official, military analyst and former Marine Daniel Ellsberg released documents to the Washington Post and New York Times. These papers brought to light the Vietnam War policies of former presidential administrations and were believed to indict the former presidents. -
Nixon's Enemies List
White House aides begin list of people to "get". These are people who are thought of as "against" the president or have publicly disagreed with him. They were the original compilers. -
"plumbers" Visit Ellsberg's Psychiatrist's Office
Henchmen in business suites, hired by the Committee to Re-Elect the President, or "CREEP", burglarize the office of Dr. Lewis Fielding in an attempt to find information on one of his clients, Daniel Ellsberg. -
"Plumbers" Break Into Watergate Hotel and Office Building
In their second highly significant act, the "plumbers" entered the offices of the Democratic National Committee and were caught planting microphones. All five were arrested in what was called by the White House a "third-rate" burglary. -
James W. McCord, Jr., Among the Arrested
Security coordinator for CREEP is reported as one of burglars in Watergate. Denials from attorney general John Mitchell, speaking on behalf of CREEP, about its involvement with the burglary. -
Attorney General Discovered As Having Controlled Secret GOP fund
John N. Mitchell was found out to have been comptroller of a secret account used for payments, before he became Nixon's campaign manager on March 1, 1971. -
Nixon Re-Elected
President Nixon defeats Democratic candidate George McGovern in an overwhelming majority. The public was still unaware of the relevance of the Watergate scandal. -
"Plumbers" Convicted
Nixon's former aides, G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord, Jr. are convicted of crimes involving the Watergate incident, along with 5 others, including E. Howard Hunt, all of whom pleaded guilty. -
Resignations
White House administrators H.R. Haldeman and James W. McCord, Jr., Attorney General Richard Kleindienst resign as a result of the scandal. -
Senate Watergate Committee begins Televised Hearings
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Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon fires Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in the same night that new Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy AG William D. Ruckelhaus resign. -
Nixon Refuses to Turn Over Tapes
The presidential tapes which held recordings of Nixon's conversations in the oval office were withheld from the Senate Committee for the reason that he had "executive privilege". -
First of Impeachment Articles
The House Judiciary Committee charges President Nixon with obstruction of justice -
Nixon Resigns
President Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to ever resign. Gerald Ford becomes president.
