Birth of Mark Felt
Birth of Mark Felt
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Mark Felt Biography and Timeline
Follow Mark Felt through 22 dated historical records for United States of America.
Mark Felt, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1913–2005Years on this page
1913
1971
FBI
Appointed Deputy Associate Director of the FBI, assisting Associate Director Clyde Tolson
1972
FBI
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005
FBI
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005.
FBI
Appointed Associate Director of the FBI, 2nd highest office in the FBI
FBI
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005
Deep Throat
Felt provides Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads that see the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
Deep Throat
Felt provides Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads that see the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.
Deep Throat
Provides Bob Woodward with confidential guidance and investigative leads that assist Washington Post reporting on Watergate.
Deep Throat
Felt provides Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads that see the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.
FBI
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005.
Deep Throat
Provides Bob Woodward with confidential guidance and investigative leads that assist Washington Post reporting on Watergate.
1995
Deep Throat
Butterfield coorectly identifies "Deep Throsat" to the Hartford Courant, "I think it was a guy named Mark Felt"
Deep Throat
Butterfield correctly identifies "Deep Throat" to the Hartford Courant, "I think it was a guy named Mark Felt".
Deep Throat
Butterfield correctly identifies "Deep Throat" to the Hartford Courant, "I think it was a guy named Mark Felt".
2005
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal.
Deep Throat
The admission takes even legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who had promised to keep their sources identity a secret until his death, by surprise.
Deep Throat
Publicly identifies himself as Deep Throat, confirming that he was the confidential source who assisted Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during Watergate reporting.
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal.
Deep Throat
The admission takes even legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who had promised to keep their sources identity a secret until his death, by surprise.
Deep Throat
Publicly identifies himself as Deep Throat, confirming that he was the confidential source who assisted Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during Watergate reporting.
Records, sources and methodology
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