Indictment
Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.
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March
Indictment
Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.
Indictment
Strachan, aide to Mitchellll and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.
Indictment
Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October. Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury
Indictment
Richard Milhous Nixon is included among defendants charged in the federal Watergate cover-up case returned by the grand jury.
Indictment
Richard Milhous Nixon is included among defendants charged in the federal Watergate cover-up case returned by the grand jury.
Indictment
Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October. Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.
Indictment
Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C. Strachan, aide to Mitchellll and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.
Indictment
Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.
Indictment
Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.
Indictment
Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.
Indictment
Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.
Indictment
Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.
Indictment
Strachan, aide to Mitchellll and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.
Unindicted Co-Conspirator
Is secretly named by the Watergate grand jury as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged cover-up while still serving as president.
Watergate
The Watergate grand jury names Nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged cover-up.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted with senior former Nixon aides in the Watergate cover-up case brought by the federal grand jury.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted with senior former administration officials as prosecutors bring charges over the Watergate cover-up.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted by the Watergate grand jury for alleged participation in the conspiracy and cover-up following the Democratic headquarters burglary.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted by a federal grand jury in the Watergate cover-up case.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted in the Watergate cover-up case alongside former administration and campaign officials.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted with other former Nixon aides on charges arising from the Watergate cover-up and conspiracy to obstruct the investigation.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted with other former Nixon aides on charges arising from the Watergate cover-up and conspiracy to obstruct the investigation.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted in the federal Watergate cover-up case with other former Nixon administration and campaign figures.
Watergate Cover-Up Indictment
Is indicted as one of the defendants in the federal Watergate cover-up prosecution involving senior Nixon administration and campaign officials.
Watergate Seven
Refers to the seven advisors and aides to United States President Richard M. Nixon who were indicted by a grand jury on March 1, 1974 for their role in the Watergate scandal.
Watergate Seven
The grand jury also named Nixon an unindicted conspirator. The indictments marked the first time in U.S. history that a president was so named.
Watergate Seven
A member of the Watergate Seven, who were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 1974.
Watergate
The US Grand Jury says Nixon is involved in the Watergate cover-up
Apostrophe (')
Releases Apostrophe ('), one of the most commercially successful albums of his career.
Mercury Magnetic Field
Mariner 10 magnetometer observations reveal that Mercury possesses an intrinsic magnetic field strong enough to form a magnetosphere.
Sunshine On My Shoulders
John Denver reaches the top spot on the US charts with, "Sunshine On My Shoulders"
April
Judiciary Committee Tape Subpoena
Issues the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena to Nixon for recordings and materials considered necessary to the impeachment inquiry.
Sixty-Four Tape Subpoena
Issues a subpoena seeking sixty-four additional White House recordings for the Watergate grand jury and criminal prosecution.
Tape Transcript Address
Announces that edited transcripts of subpoenaed Watergate conversations will be released while refusing to surrender all original recordings demanded by the House committee.
Watergate Transcripts Released
Provides more than twelve hundred pages of edited presidential conversation transcripts to the House Judiciary Committee and makes them public.
White House Tapes
The White House releases more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee, but the committee insists that the tapes themselves must be turned over.
May
Impeachment Evidence Hearings
Begins formal House Judiciary Committee hearings on evidence gathered in the Nixon impeachment inquiry.
Trial
The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings on Nixon
Second Impeachment Subpoena
Issues an additional subpoena for presidential conversations after concluding Nixon's earlier response did not satisfy the committee's evidentiary needs.
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