Nixon Watergate Timeline

Inauguraton

Jan 20, 1969

Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of America.

5 men arrested

Jun 17, 1972

5 men are arrested at 2:30 a.m. trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Commitee

FBI Suspision

Oct 10, 1972

FBI agents establish that the Watergate break in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage.

Nixon Reelected

Nov 11, 1972

Nixon is reelected in one of the largest landslide victories in political history.

Convicting Enemies

Jan 30, 1973

G.Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy.

Saturday Night Massacre

Oct 20, 1973

Nixon fires Archbald Cox. Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus resign.

Im not a crook

Nov 17, 1973

Nixon declares, "I'm not a crook," maintaining his innocence in the Watergate case

Gap in tapes

Dec 7, 1973

The white house can't explain an 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the subpoenaed tpes.

1,200 pages

Apr 30, 1974

The white house releases more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary commitee

Executive privilege

Jul 24, 1974

Supreme Court rules unanimously that Nixon must turn over the tape recordings of 64 White House conversations, rejecting the president's claims of executive privilege

Richard Resigns

Aug 8, 1974

Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign.

Impeachment

Dec 24, 1978

House Judiciary Committee passes the first of three articles of impeachment, charging obstruction of justice