Richard Nixon
Events (325)
- January 8, 1973: Nixon Learns Campaign Bugged McGovern Campaign Manager; Worries about Burglar’s Silence 1973-01-08
- January 10, 1973: Watergate Burglars Claim No Knowledge of Payments, Clemency Promises 1973-01-10
- February 7, 1973: Senate Creates Committee to Investigate Watergate; White House, GOP Senators Attempt to Dilute Resolution 1973-02-07
- February 13, 1973: Burglars’ Speaking out Will be a ‘Problem,’ Nixon Says 1973-02-13
- February 14, 1973: Nixon Discusses Need for Cover-Up to Protect Himself: ‘My Losses Are to be Cut’ 1973-02-14
- February 17, 1973: Nixon Nominates Gray to Head FBI 1973-02-17
- February 22, 1973: Baker to Serve as Nixon’s ‘Mole’ on Watergate Committee 1973-02-22
- February 27, 1973: Dean: Nixon Labels Two Top Aides ‘Principals’ in Watergate Conspiracy; Intends to Use Executive Privilege to Keep Aides from Testifying before Senate 1973-02-27
- February 28, 1973: Nixon Aide Resigns from White House 1973-02-28
- February 28, 1973: Nixon, Dean Discuss Death of Hunt’s Wife, Money to be Paid to Burglars 1973-02-28
- March 2, 1973: Nixon to Invoke Executive Privilege in Preventing White House Lawyer from Testifying 1973-03-02
- March 6-7, 1973: FBI Documents Prove White House Paid ‘Agent Provacateur’ 1973-03-06
- March 13, 1973: Dean First Discusses Burglar Payoffs with Nixon 1973-03-13
- March 19-23, 1973: McCord Letter Indicates Larger Cover-up of Watergate 1973-03-19
- March 20, 1973: Nixon Anticipates ‘Dean Report’ Will End Watergate Speculations 1973-03-20
- March 21, 1973: White House Lawyer Dean: There Is ‘A Cancer on the Presidency’ 1973-03-21
- March 21, 1973: Watergate Burglar Promises to ‘Defend the Administration’ If Paid 1973-03-21
- March 22, 1973: Nixon Orders Aides to ‘Stonewall’ Watergate Investigation 1973-03-22
- March 23, 1973: Watergate Burglars Sentenced; McCord Letter Revealed 1973-03-23
- March 27, 1973: Nixon Lies to Secretary of State about Watergate Involvement 1973-03-27
- April 5, 1973: Gray Withdraws as FBI Director Nominee 1973-04-05
- April 6-20, 1973: Dean Begins Cooperating with Watergate Prosecutors 1973-04-06
- April 9, 1973: Watergate Burglar: Nixon Campaign Paid Off Burglars to Remain Silent 1973-04-09
- April 10, 1973: Vice President Agnew Accused of Taking Illegal Campaign Contributions 1973-04-10
- April 14, 1973: Angry Arguments at White House Correspondents Dinner 1973-04-14
- April 14, 1973: Nixon Orders Mitchell to Take Blame for Watergate; Mitchell Refuses 1973-04-14
- April 14, 1973: Nixon Uses False Quote in Tribute to Media Personage 1973-04-14
- April 15, 1973: Dean Agrees Not to Divulge Wiretapping 1973-04-15
- April 15, 1973: Justice Department Officials Confront Nixon about Watergate Conspiracy 1973-04-15
- April 16-17, 1973: Senior White House Aides to Resign, Washington Post Learns 1973-04-16
- April 16, 1973: Nixon, Aides Attempt to Craft Testimony to Give Nixon Credit for ‘Breaking’ Watergate Case 1973-04-16
- April 17, 1973: Nixon’s Aides, Staffers Will Testify in Watergate Investigations 1973-04-17
- April 17, 1973: Nixon Flirts with Idea of Resigning 1973-04-17
- April 18, 1973: Nixon Orders Tapes Removed, Stored Off-Site 1973-04-18
- April 20, 1973: Mitchell Testifies, Says He Would not Approve Bugging Democrats 1973-04-20
- April 22, 1973: Dean Agrees to Produce Internal Report on Watergate; Has No Intention of Doing So 1973-04-22
- April 22, 1973: Nixon Compares Aides’ Resignations to His Bombing of ‘Innocent Children in Hanoi’ 1973-04-22
- April 24, 1973: Attorneys General Inform Nixon of Lawyer’s Testimony about Pentagon Papers Leaker, FBI Director 1973-04-24
- April 24, 1973: Nixon Asks for Resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman 1973-04-24
- April 27-30, 1973: FBI Director Gray Destroyed Incriminating White House Evidence; Resigns 1973-04-27
- April 28, 1973: White House Aide: Nixon Counsel Will Implicate President in Cover-Up 1973-04-28
- April 29, 1973: Nixon Discusses Resignations with Aides, Says He Prays Not to Wake Up 1973-04-29
- April 30, 1973: Attorney General Kleindienst, Nixon Staffers Haldeman and John Ehrlichman Resign; White House Counsel Dean Fired 1973-04-30
- April 30, 1973: Nixon Denies Any Involvement in Watergate, Accepts Resignations 1973-04-30
- April 30, 1973: Nixon Shoves FBI Agent Guarding Haldeman’s Office 1973-04-30
- April 30, 1973: Nixon Vows Never to Discuss Watergate Again 1973-04-30
- April 30 - May 1, 1973: Nixon’s Millionaire Friend Worried about Potential Illegal Use of Campaign Donations 1973-05-01
- May 4, 1973: Nixon Replaces Chief of Staff 1973-05-04
- May 16, 1973: Watergate Conspiracy Far Deeper than Reported, Felt Tells Woodward; GOP ‘Mole’ on Watergate Committee 1973-05-16
- May 22, 1973: Nixon: No Executive Privilege Claims to be Made 1973-05-22