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Daniel Elsberg Leak
defense department official Daniel Ellberge's leak of the pentagons papers, a study that revealed widespread deception about vietnam. -
Watergate Scandal
committee members to reelect president Nixon wiretap the phones at the democratic national headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. 5 men were arrested and was traced back to Nixon's campaign -
Judge John J Sirica
He was the judge for the Watergate trial he was not convinced that the full story was told he sentenced the burglars to long prison terms. -
Woodward and Bernstein
they were Washington post reporters. they influential in tracking down information about Watergate they believed the white house was involved -
Alexander Butterfeild
Alexander Butterfield, former presidential appointments secretary, reveals in congressional testimony that since 1971 Nixon had recorded all conversations and telephone calls in his offices. -
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon fires Archibald Cox and abolishes the office of the special prosecutor. Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus resign. Pressure for impeachment mounts in Congress. -
Nixon's resignation
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign. Vice President Gerald R. Ford assumes the country’s highest office. He will later pardon Nixon of all charges related to the Watergate case.