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Richard Nixon is elected president, and so begins six years of a crooked administration
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Nixon starts a plan to extend the power of the FBI and CIA in domestic intelligence gathering. However, a few days later, he changes his mind.
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Daniel Elsburg, a Pentagon administrator, leaks highly classified papers about failed war policies in Vietnam. The New York Times published first, follwed by the Washington Post.
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Five men are arrested at the Watergate hotel and office complex. They were arrested for burglary, and attempting to bug the National Democratic Party Headquarters.
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A GOP security aid and a former CIA officer are among the burgalers. John Mitchell, a former attorney genreral and head of Nixon's re-election committee, denies any knowledge.
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A $25,000 cashiers check wound up in the bank account of one of the Watergate burgalers. It was supposed to be meant for the Nixon campaign.
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The FBI establishes that the Watergate incident was the result of a campaign headed by the Nixon administration aimed towards political espionage and sabotage of the Democratic party.
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The Senate Watergate Committee begins its nationally televised hearings on the incident. Archibald Cox is chosen as the Special Prosecutor.
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John Dean confesses that he talked about the Watergate cover up at least 35 times with Nixon.
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Nixon refuses to turn over the White House tapes to the Senate Committee or the prosecutor.
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Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Thomson, after Thompson refuses to fire Archibald Cox. Nixon then hires Borck, who fires Cox, and removes the office of Special Prosecutor.
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The Supreme Court rules that Nixon must turn over all of the White House tapes, thus over ruling Nixon's executive power.
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The House Judiciary Committee begins the impeachment process.
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Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States. He is replaced by his Vice President, Gerald Ford, who was a Congressman before being Vice President. Ford then pardons Nixon.
