Deep Throat
Felt provides Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads that see the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.
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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.
Deep Throat
Provides Bob Woodward with confidential guidance and investigative leads that assist Washington Post reporting on Watergate.
Eagles
Records the debut album Eagles, establishing the band's harmony-based country-rock style.
Easter
Nixon retaliates with the heaviest bombardments of the War & mines the Norths harbors
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon reelection committee during his campaign for reelection.
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon reelection committee during his campaign for reelection.
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon reelection committee during his campaign for reelection.
Election
Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon reelection committee during his campaign for reelection.
Emmy Award Archie Bunker Actor
Carroll OConnor won an Emmy for his portrayal of Archie Bunker in the pioneering sitcom All in the Family.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Appears in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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
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
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
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.
Fifth Circuit Injunction Affirmed
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the injunction protecting Shaw from further prosecution on the perjury charge.
Gravitation and Cosmology
Publishes Gravitation and Cosmology, presenting general relativity and cosmology in a form that becomes influential in graduate physics education.
Harvest
Releases Album, "Harvest"
Images Film
Robert Altman directed Images in 1972, a psychological drama in which a writer experiences unsettling visions.
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
Joe Kidd
Stars in Joe Kidd, a western directed by John Sturges.
Laos Negotiations
Links Laos policy to wider Vietnam negotiations
Mariner Jupiter-Saturn Mission
Approves development of the Mariner Jupiter-Saturn project that becomes the Voyager program.
Negotiations
Kissinger TV press conference Oct. 26 - "peace is at hand"
Negotiations
Negotiates the Paris Peace Settlement with Le Duc Tho
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
Operation Gemstone
It also proposed luring mid-level Democratic campaign officials to a Baltimore houseboat and secretly photographing them in compromising situations with prostitutes.
Operation Gemstone
Liddy concocted several plots in early 1972, collectively known under the title "Operation Gemstone."
Operation Gemstone
Operation Gemstone included plans to kidnap anti-war organizers and transport them to Mexico during the Republican National Convention, then planned for San Diego.
Operation Gemstone
Some of these were far-fetched, intended to embarrass the Democratic opposition.
Persuit
Writes & directs, "Persuit"
Play It Again, Sam
Woody Allen stars in the film version of "Play It Again, Sam", which is directed by Herbert Ross. Directs Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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