Watergate

  • J. Edgar Hoover Dies

  • The Break in at the Democratic National Headquarters

    in the process of burglarizing and planting surveillance bugs in the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel
  • President Nixon announces that John Dean

    President Nixon announces that John Dean has completed an investigation into the Watergate buggings and that no one from the White House is involved.
  • Watergate burglars indicted

    Watergate burglars indicted
    Five men- Frank Sturgis, Bernard Barker, Eugenio Martinez, Virgilio Gonzalez, and James McCord were indicted for the break-in. Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt were also indicted. McCord and Liddy provide investigators with a link to the Nixon campaign.
  • President Nixon informs Senate committee

    President Nixon informs Senate committee that he will not appear to testify nor grant access to presidential files.
  • President Nixon Resigns