Watergate scandal
1972–1974 · Event
Cover-up of a 1972 burglary leads to Richard Nixon becoming the only US president to resign.
On these timelines: Watergate, Master, USA, USA: Presidents
More from Watergate
- Resignation of Richard Nixon (1974)
- Break-in at the Watergate (1972)
- The 'smoking gun' tape is released (1974)
- The Saturday Night Massacre (1973)
- Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender the tapes (1974)
- The Senate Watergate hearings open (1973)
- Butterfield reveals the White House tapes (1973)
- Woodward and Bernstein follow the money (1972)
Around 1972
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)