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November 1968
Richard Milhous Nixon becomes the 37th President of the United States -
Domestic Intelligence-gathering plan
Nixon approves Domestic Intelligence-gathering plan, rescinds approval days later -
Pentagon Papers
The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers - the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. -
''Plumbers'' unit
The White House's ''Plumbers'' unit, burglarizes a psychiatrist's office to find files on Daniel Ellsberg (former defense analyst who leaked the pentagon paper). -
Watergate Hotel
Five men, one of whom says 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 -
Cashiers Check
A $25,000 cashier's check, apparently earmarked for the Nixon campaign, wound up in the bank account of a watergate burglar. -
38th President Elected
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. -
Watergate Conviction
Former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident. -
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon fires Archibald Cox and abolishes the office of the special prosecutor. Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus resign. Pressure for impeachment mounts in Congress. -
Transcripts of Nixon tapes
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. -
Richard 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.
