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June 10, 1974 (Monday) U.S. President Richard Nixon began a five-nation tour of Austria and the Middle East, as the presidential airplane, Air Force One, landed in Salzburg, along with his wife, Pat Nixon, and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
August 8 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9). [6] August 9 – Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal.
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January 2 – President Nixon sets a new national speed limit with his signing of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, also forbidding the Department of Transportationfrom assisting project...January 3 – United States Secretary of State Henry Kissingersays President Nixon will be personally involved in resolving the oil dispute during a press conference.January 4– President Nixon announces he will not turn over hundreds of tapes and documents requested by the Senate Watergate committee.January 5 – Bernard Barker says he was told of the White House plumber unit having telephone and radio communication tapes that proved the Soviet embassy had access to the Pentagon Papers.February 1– President Nixon proposes a flexible economic blueprint for the year to both stimulate the economy in a prevention of large unemployment and cause a lessening of inflationary pressures.February 2– The Justice Department proposes legislation for the purpose of restricting arrest record dissemination as well as information also held in data banks.February 3– Treasury Secretary Shultz says a fall from 9% to below 5% in the annual rate of inflation will occur in the latter part of the year during an interview.February 4– President Nixon submits a US$301.4 billion budget to Congress for the following fiscal year.March 1 – A grand jury indicts former Nixon advisors John Mitchell, H. R. Halderman, John Ehrlichman, and Charles Colson as well as three others on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, an...March 4 – Treasury Secretary Schultz calls for Congress to not compare American trade with communist countries to the administration loosening prior policies on Soviet immigration while speaking to...March 6 – President Nixon vetoes the Energy Emergency Act.President Nixon holds a televised and radio broadcast news conference in the East Room at the White House during the evening.March 7– President Nixon signs the Water Resources Development Act of 1974.June 1 – President Nixon meets with Secretary General Kurt Waldheimat the White House during the morning.June 3– Informed sources state President Nixon's scheduled weeklong trip to the Middle East will include stops to Egypt, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.June 4– The White House and Justice Department announce the abolition of the Red Scare-era list containing subversive organizations kept by the Attorney General and meant to assist with government...June 16– President Nixon makes the first ever US presidential trip to Israel.July 7 – President Nixon travels from Key Biscayne to Palm Beach, Florida during the morning to inspect the Mar-a-Lagoestate.July 8– The United States Customs Court rules President Nixon exceeded his authority in authorizing a surcharge of 10% on dutiable imports during 1971.July 10– Judge Gerhard A. Gesell reads aloud President Nixon's testimony during the defense trial of Ehrlichman.July 11 – President Nixon announces his nomination of United States District Court Judge Murray I. Gurfein for judge of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.Assistant Special Watergate Prose...August 2 – Nixon tells his family of his intention to resign from the presidency.President Nixon's lawyers surrender an additional 13 tapes of Watergate conversations to District Judge John Sirica.August 4 – President Nixon meets with aides and speechwriters at Camp David.August 6 – Governor of California Ronald Reaganurges President Nixon to speak truthfully before Congress during a news conference.August 7 – Secretary of State Henry Kissingerinforms President Nixon of the administration's belief that he should resign "in the national interest."The 1974 United States elections were held on November 5. The elections occurred in the wake of the Watergate scandal and three months into the term of Republican President Gerald Ford. Democrats expanded their majorities in both houses of Congress.
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August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon: Republican: 1968: Spiro Agnew: 1972: Vacant, Oct. 10 – Dec. 6, 1973: Gerald Ford: 38: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977: Gerald Ford: Republican: Vacant through Dec. 19, 1974: Nelson Rockefeller: 39: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981: Jimmy Carter: Democratic: 1976: Walter Mondale: 40: January 20, 1981 ...
t. e. The president of the United States ( POTUS) [B] is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . The power of the presidency has grown substantially [12] since the first ...
Statement on the Results of the 1974 Elections. November 05, 1974. THE PEOPLE have spoken, and for 26 years I have accepted the verdict of the people, which is the essence of our system of free government. First, may I congratulate every citizen who did his duty by voting today. I have not seen the total turnout, but I am sure it was greater ...
