Watergate Campaign Link
The Washington Post links Watergate & the Committee for Re-election of the President
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
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Richard Milhous Nixon Biography and Timeline — Page 7
Follow Richard Milhous Nixon through 480 dated historical records for United States of America.
Richard Milhous Nixon, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1972
Watergate Campaign Link
The Washington Post links Watergate & the Committee for Re-election of the President.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Washington Burglars
A $25,000 cashier's check, apparently earmarked for the Nixon campaign, wound up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar, The Washington Post reports.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
The Washington Post links Watergate & the Committee for Re-election of the President.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
ABM Treaty
Ratified by the US Senate
Role range: 1969-1974
Watergate Press Conference
Publicly argues that the danger in campaign wrongdoing lies in covering it up and says White House Counsel John Dean is monitoring the investigation.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tape 779-002
Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman and John Dean in the 48-minute White House recording numbered 779-002; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
Watergate Campaign Link
The FBI reported that the break-in at the Watergate was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the officials and heads of the Nixon re-election campaign
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
The FBI reported that the break-in at the Watergate was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the officials and heads of the Nixon reelection campaign.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
The FBI reported that the break-in at the Watergate was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the officials and heads of the Nixon reelection campaign.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
The FBI reported that the break-in at the Watergate was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the officials and heads of the Nixon reelection campaign.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
FBI findings link the Watergate break-in to a broader campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of Nixon's reelection effort.
Role range: 1969-1974
Watergate
FBI agents establish that the Watergate break-in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of the Nixon reelection effort, The Post reports.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Linebacker I
Nixon orders bombing to be halted north of 20 degrees latitude
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Bombing of Vietnam
Nixon halts bombing north of the Twentieth Parallel in anticipation of a truce
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Watergate and Reelection
Wins reelection by a landslide while the Watergate prosecutions continue and the scandal has not yet become a dominant national crisis.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Peace
Announces US troop reduction to 45,000 in Vietnam
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Conference of Paris
The North Vietnamese walk out of the Paris peace conference
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Bombing of Haiphong
Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Bombing of Hanoi
Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Christmas Bombing
Orders Operation Linebacker II bombing of North Vietnam
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Linebacker II
Operations north of the Twentieth Parallel cease, 729 sorties have ben flown & 15 planes lost
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Linebacker II
Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Linebacker II
Orders B52s to bomb Hanoi & Haiphong
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Linebacker II
26-30 December, massive air bombing of military installations in North Vietnam
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Linebacker II
Orders a 3 day bombing offensive against the Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Conference of Paris
Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Canada Visit
Pays a State visit to Canada. Becomes the first US President to visit China
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Air War in Laos
Continues heavy US air operations in Laos as negotiations and fighting continue
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Easter
Nixon retaliates with the heaviest bombardments of the War & mines the Norths harbors
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Invasion of Vietnam
US troops in Vietnam fall from 542,000 in Jan 1969 to 45,600 by July 1972. Despite Nixon's threats he withdraws US troops, by June 1972 47,000 are left
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Offensive
The USA only has 65,000 troops in Vietnam to contain the Viet Cong offensive. Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
1973
White House Tape 393-013
Richard Nixon appears with Charles Colson in the 25-minute White House recording numbered 393-013; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 160-002
Richard Nixon appears with Charles Colson in the 2-minute White House recording numbered 160-002; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 394-021/395-001
Richard Nixon appears with Charles Colson in the 23-minute White House recording numbered 394-021/395-001; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
Peace
Halts the US offensive in Vietnam
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Government
Sworn in as President of the USA, 2nd term by Chief Justice Warren Burger
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Accords of Paris
The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Accords of Peace
Peace Accords are signed with North Vietnam
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Ceasefire
The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Records, sources and methodology
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