Historical place archive

San Clemente in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at San Clemente in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1972–1974

Historical events in San Clemente

1972

29 August 1972
Watergate Press Conference
Richard Milhous Nixon · Watergate

Publicly argues that the danger in campaign wrongdoing lies in covering it up and says White House Counsel John Dean is monitoring the investigation.

1974

8 September 1974
Pardon Accepted
Richard Milhous Nixon · Watergate

Accepts President Ford's pardon and states that he hopes the decision will help lift the burden of Watergate from the country.

Provenance

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