The Saturday Night Massacre
1973 · Event
Ordered to fire the special prosecutor demanding his tapes, Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigns rather than comply; so does his deputy. The third in line does it — and the backlash is immediate: telegrams bury Congress, impeachment resolutions follow within days, and Nixon is forced to accept a new special prosecutor anyway.
On these timelines: Watergate, USA, Master
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- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Resignation of Richard Nixon (1974)
- Break-in at the Watergate (1972)
- The 'smoking gun' tape is released (1974)
- 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 1973
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- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)