Nixon

Nixon’s presidency

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Nixon signs a Wage-Price Controls Bill

May 18, 1971

Nixon signed a Wage-Price Controls Bill, that extended his authority to impose restraints on wages, salaries, and rents for a year.

Watergate scandal begins

Jun 17, 1972

Police seized accomplices inside the Democratic Headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate Hotel. They confiscated cameras, wiretapping materials, and $2,300.

Nixon asks for the resignation of The entire administration

Nov 8, 1972

Nixon asked for the resignation of all agency directors, presidential appointees, and federal department heads.

Nixon takes responsibility for Watergate

Apr 30, 1973

Nixon admitted responsibility for the Watergate affair on television, but he continued to assert no prior knowledge of it.

Nixon refuses tapes to Senate Watergate Committee

Jul 23, 1973

Nixon claimed executive privilege, And refused to turn over tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee.

U.S. v Nixon

Jul 24, 1974

The Supreme Court ordered that Nixon was to turn over sixty-four tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee. The tapes disclosed Nixon's participation in the cover-up, of the Watergate burglary.