Watergate Scandal timeline
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President Nixon Approves Plan to Expand Domestic Intelligence-Gathering
July 23, 1970 Nixon approves a plan for greatly expanding domestic intelligence-gathering by the FBI, CIA and other agencies. He has second... Read more
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The New York Times Publishes the Defense Department's Secret History of the Vietnam War
June 13, 1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers - the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The... Read more
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The "White House Plumbers" Burglarize a Psychiatrist's Office to Find Files on Daniel Ellsberg
The White House Plumbers, sometimes simply called the Plumbers, were a covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24, 1971... Read more
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Five Men are Arrested for Trying to Bug the Watergate Complex
On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, noticed tape covering the latch on locks on several doors in the complex... Read more
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James McCord, Security Coordinator for President Nixon, is Named in Watergate Bugging Arrests
One of the five men arrested early Saturday in the attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters is the salaried security... Read more
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Richard M. Nixon Resigns the Office of the President of the United States
On March 1, 1974, former aides to the president, known as the "Watergate Seven" — Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Charles Colson, Gordon C.... Read more
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Gerald Ford Issues Unconditional Presidential Pardon to Richard Nixon
President Ford granted former President Richard M. Nixon an unconditional pardon today for all Federal crimes that he "committed or may have... Read more