Richard Nixon
Events (325)
- February 1, 1972: Evangelist Billy Graham Complains of ‘Jewish Stranglehold’ on US to Nixon 1972-02-01
- February 7, 1972: Comprehensive Federal Campaign Finance Reform Law Passed 1972-02-07
- February 22, 1972: ITT Lobbyist Memo Shows Collusion between ITT, GOP, and Justice Department 1972-02-22
- March 10-23, 1972: FBI Finds Beard/ITT Memo Authentic 1972-03-10
- March 20-30, 1972: Nixon Confirms Plan to Bug Democrats 1972-03-20
- Before April 7, 1972: Nixon Finance Director Uses Mexican Money Laundering System to Collect Illegal Donations 1972-04-07
- May 3, 1972: Gray Named FBI Director 1972-05-03
- May 5, 1972: Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Becomes Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) 1972-05-05
- May 15, 1972: Third Party Candidate Shot; White House Orders Gunman’s Apartment Broken Into 1972-05-15
- May 26, 1972: US, USSR Sign SALT I Arms Limitation Agreement 1972-05-26
- May 27-28, 1972: ’Plumbers’ Install Surveillance Bugs in Democratic National Committee Offices 1972-05-27
- June 17, 1972: Nixon Suggests ‘Blow[ing]’ Think Tank Safe for Blackmail Purposes 1972-06-17
- 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972: Five ‘Plumbers’ Caught Burglarizing Democratic Offices in Watergate Hotel 1972-06-17
- June 19, 1972: Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Wiretapping of US Citizens Unconstitutional 1972-06-19
- June 20-21, 1972: Liddy, Other Burglars Demand Payoffs; Nixon Says Burglars ‘Going to Need Money’ 1972-06-20
- June 20, 1972: Investigation Must Not Find Campaign ‘Horrors,’ Nixon, Aides Vow 1972-06-20
- June 20, 1972: Colson: Blame CIA for Watergate 1972-06-20
- June 20, 1972: Haldeman: Nixon Intends to Ask Millionaire Friend to Raise Money for Burglars 1972-06-20
- June 21, 1972: FBI Investigation Stalling on Money Tracing 1972-06-21
- June 21, 1972: Liddy Should Take Fall for Watergate, Nixon Aides Suggest; Nixon Says Most Americans Believe Bugging of Other Party ‘Routine’ 1972-06-21
- June 21, 1972: Mitchell Hired Watergate Burglar, Former Administration Official Says 1972-06-21
- June 22, 1972: FBI Director Allows White House Counsel Unprecedented Access to Investigation 1972-06-22
- June 22, 1972: Nixon Denies White House Role in Watergate Burglary; Post Reporters Find Connections 1972-06-22
- June 23, 1972: Nixon Orders CIA to Stop FBI Watergate Investigation 1972-06-23
- June 26-29, 1972: Dean Asks CIA for Money for Burglars, Is Rebuffed; Nixon Campaign Provides Money Instead 1972-06-26
- June 28, 1972: Mitchell Will Resign, Nixon and Haldeman Decide 1972-06-28
- June 29, 1972: Kalmbach to Secretly Pay Watergate Burglars, Dean Orders 1972-06-29
- July 6, 1972: Gray Tries to Warn Nixon of Aides’ Interference with Watergate Investigation 1972-07-06
- July 18, 1972: Nixon, Ehrlichman Decide to Let Magruder Take Blame for Watergate 1972-07-18
- July 25, 1972: Nixon, Haldeman Confident FBI Investigation Contained 1972-07-25
- August 9, 1972: Nixon Orders IRS to Investigate McGovern, Donors 1972-08-09
- August 9, 1972: White House Pleased with Reported Watergate Indictments 1972-08-09
- August 22, 1972: GAO Finds Huge Financial Irregularities in Nixon Campaign 1972-08-22
- August 29, 1972: Watergate Burglar Says ‘They’ are ‘Paying for My Attorneys’ 1972-08-29
- August 29, 1972: Nixon Says Both Sides Breaking Campaign Finance Laws; Internal Investigations Have Found No Wrongdoing in White House 1972-08-29
- September 15, 1972: Nixon Pleased over Indictments Going No Farther 1972-09-15
- October 7, 1972: ’Agent Provocateur’ Connections Indicate White House Involvement ‘Higher Than’ John Mitchell 1972-10-07
- October 9, 1972: ’Deep Throat’ Provides Explosive Information about White House Plan to Subvert Elections 1972-10-09
- October 10, 1972: FBI: Watergate Burglaries Part of Massive Political Conspiracy 1972-10-10
- October 10, 1972: Campaign ‘Agent Provocateur’ Staying in Touch with White House 1972-10-10
- October 12-15, 1972: Evidence of ‘Agent Provocateur’ Connections with White House Mounts 1972-10-12
- October 18, 1972: Watergate a Fiction of the Liberal ‘Eastern Establishment Media,’ Nixon Aides Contend 1972-10-18
- October 19, 1972: Haldeman Discovers Identity of ‘Deep Throat’ 1972-10-19
- October 23, 1972: Nixon Decides His Primary Role is ‘Moral Leadership’ 1972-10-23
- October 24-25, 1972: Nixon Plots Reprisal against Washington Post 1972-10-24
- November 7, 1972: Nixon Wins Landslide Re-Election Victory 1972-11-07
- November 8, 1972: Nixon Demands Mass Resignation Letters; Will Decide Who Stays and Who Goes 1972-11-08
- November 20, 1972: Nixon Demands CIA Director Resign 1972-11-20
- December 8, 1972: Wife of Watergate Plumber Dies in Suspicious Plane Crash 1972-12-08
- January 2-3, 1973: Nixon Says Watergate Conspiracy ‘Too Close’ to White House 1973-01-02