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Jan 23, 2014 · Take a look at CNN’s Fast Facts on Watergate and learn more about the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Jul 24, 2023 · July 24, 2023 | by NCC Staff. More in Constitution Daily Blog. It was on this day in 1974 that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to President Richard Nixon’s presidency, in a decision that led to the release of the Watergate tapes. The case of United States v. Nixon reached the Court on July 8, 1974, after it had concluded its prior term.
Nov 9, 2009 · Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. He was the second of five sons of Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956), who struggled to earn a living running a grocery ...
Nixon was pardoned by President Ford on September 8, 1974. Richard Nixon - Watergate, Resignation, Impeachment: Renominated with Agnew in 1972, Nixon defeated his Democratic challenger, liberal Sen. George S. McGovern, in one of the largest landslide victories in the history of American presidential elections: 46.7 million to 28.9 million in ...
Nixon made three major speeches on the Watergate scandal during 1973 and 1974. The first was on April 30, 1973, in which he announced the departure of Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman. A more defiant speech was delivered on August 15, 1973. Perhaps the politically most difficult speech was the one on April 29, 1974, in which Nixon released partial ...
Jun 13, 2022 · How the Watergate scandal broke to the world: A visual timeline. By Bonnie Berkowitz. and. Dylan Moriarty. June 13, 2022. 24. When Americans woke up on June 17, 1972, they knew President Richard M ...
Nov 24, 2009 · In an evening televised address on August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to resign in light of the Watergate scandal.
