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Richard M. Nixon is elected President
Defeating the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon becomes the 37th President of the United States. -
Follow the money
The Washington Post publishes that a $25,000 cashier's check, meant for Nixon's Committee to re-elect the president (CREEP), ends up in the bank account of E. Howard Hunt. Nixon denies involvement in the Watergate break-in. -
The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers
Leaked by former Rand Corporation analyst Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers are published by The New York Times. They're secret Department of Defense documents relating to the U.S role in Southeast Asia. -
President Nixon is re-elected
The public believes Nixon's disavowal of involvement in Watergate and is re-elected in one of the largest landslides in American political history. -
Resignations and Firings
Nixon's top aides, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign after they're implicated in the Ellsberg and Watergate break-ins. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst also resigns over the scandal. Special Counsel to the President John Dean is fired. -
Dean exposes Nixon
The Washington Post reveals that John Dean admitted to discussing the Watergate scandal with President Nixon over 35 times. -
The Supreme Court gets into the act
Both Nixon and the special Watergate prosecutor petition the Supreme Court to decide this thing once and for all. -
U.S. v. Nixon Ruling
The Supreme Court rules unanimously that President Nixon must release tapes with 64 different conversations that are related to the Watergate scandal. -
Nixon faces impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee passes the first in three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. -
Nixon Resigns
President Nixon becomes the first president in U.S history to resign from the White House.