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Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United Sates.
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The New York Times release the Pentagon Papers, the Government's secret history on the war in Vietnam, after a leak made by former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.
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Nixon's "plumbers", the unit to fix the leaks in Nixon's administration, vandalized the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist order to find files on Daniel.
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At 2:30 a.m, five men were arrested for breaking into the office of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate hotel. These men also were suspected to be linked to Nixon.
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A cashier's check for $25,000 is found in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars. The money was originally for the Nixon campaign.
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Two of Nixon's former aides ,including James W. McCord Jr., were found guilty of conspiracy of the Watergate break .
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Recently fired White House counsel John Dean reported to the press that he had discussed Watergate cover around 35 times.
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Alexander Butterfield reveals that president Nixon tape records everything that he talks about.
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President, fearful linked to the Watergate crimes directly, denied the access of the tapes through his executive privilege right.
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Nixon, now more fearful, begins to consecutively fire any opposing special prosecutor, such as Archibald Cox. Also Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus resign.
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Nixon publicly denies being part of the Watergate breakin on live television stating "I'm not a crook".
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The Supreme Court denies Nixon that right of executive privilege over the tapes, Nixon releases a document of the typed recordings and later the recordings with 64 missing white house recordings. The court demanded to have them or else the impeachment of the president.
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Before the impeachment order can be put into place, President Nixon becomes the first president to resign, and later to be pardoned by his appointed president Ford.
