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Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of The United States.
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“White House Plumbers” E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy and others break In the offices of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist Lewis Fielding looking for material that might discredit or damage Ellsberg.
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The plumbers were arrested at 2:30 a.m. in the act of burglarizing and planting surveillance bugs in the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Building Complex.
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Nixon re-elected, defeating George McGovern and winning almost every state.
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Nixon orders for the taping systems to be disconnected after Alexander Butterfield reveals all phone calls and conversations of Nixon’s have been taped since 1971
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Nixon delivers "I am not a crook" speech at a televised press conference at Disney World.
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The Watergate Seven are formally indicted.
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Dwight Chapin convicted of lying to a federal grand jury.
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Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Nixon resigns from office making Gerald Ford President.
