Watergate Scandal: Timeline By NeatCorndog Jun 16, 1972 Watergate Break-In Sep 15, 1972 5 Watergate Burglars Indicted Jan 8, 1973 Watergate Burglary Trial Begins Apr 9, 1973 Washington Post Connects Break-In to the Cover-Up May 19, 1973 Archibald Cox Appointed Special Prosecutor Oct 10, 1973 Vice President Spiro Angew Resigns Vice President: Spiro Angew. New Vice President is Gerald R. ford Oct 19, 1973 Saturday Night Massacre Nov 17, 1973 "I am not a crook" Speech By President Richard Nixon Nov 21, 1973 18 1/2 Minute Gap Discovered Feb 6, 1974 House Votes to Start Investigating to Impeach Nixon May 9, 1974 House Judiciary Committee Begins Impeachment Hearings Jul 24, 1974 The "Smoking Gun" Tape Aug 8, 1974 President Richard M. Nixon resigns