Jaworski Tape Order
Orders Nixon to comply with Jaworski's subpoena for sixty-four White House recordings and allows the president time to appeal.
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May
Bruce Springsteen
Writes that he has seen rock and roll future after watching Springsteen perform in Cambridge.
Watergate Tape Appeal
Pursues Nixon's appeal against Judge Sirica's order requiring production of subpoenaed recordings sought by Special Prosecutor Jaworski.
Pioneer 11 Saturn Retargeting
Mission planners retarget Pioneer 11 to use Jupiter's gravity for a later encounter with Saturn.
June
Obstruction of Justice Plea
Pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in a Watergate-related case, removing himself from the forthcoming cover-up trial.
Watergate Conviction Appeal Argument
Liddy's appeal seeking reversal of his Watergate burglary and wiretapping convictions is argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Before the Flood
Releases the live album Before the Flood.
Watergate Committee Final Report
Submits the Senate Watergate Committee's final report with recommendations on campaign finance, a permanent special prosecutor and congressional legal authority.
July
Binary Pulsar Discovery
Discovers PSR B1913+16, the first binary pulsar, during a pulsar survey.
Binary Pulsar Discovery
Hulse discovers the pulsar PSR B1913+16 during an Arecibo survey, revealing a compact binary system that becomes a precise laboratory for testing gravitational-wave energy loss.
Binary Pulsar Discovery
Supervises the survey in which Russell Hulse discovers the binary pulsar PSR B1913+16.
ABM Treaty
The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) , the Treaty limits nuclear test explosion to under 150 kilotons (over ten times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb)
ABM Treaty
The United States and the Soviet Union agree to the Protocol to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Agreement, which limits ABM deployment to a single area.
Threshold Test Ban Treaty Signed
Signs the Threshold Test Ban Treaty limiting underground nuclear weapon tests to yields of 150 kilotons or less.
Treaty of Threshold Test Ban Treaty
The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) , the Treaty limits nuclear test explosion to under 150 kilotons (over ten times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb)
Nixon Supreme Court Argument
Defends Nixon before the Supreme Court, arguing that presidential confidentiality protects the subpoenaed Watergate recordings from judicial compulsion.
United States v Nixon Argument
Argues before the Supreme Court that the criminal justice process requires access to subpoenaed presidential recordings despite Nixon's executive privilege claim.
Fielding Break-In Conviction
Ehrlichman is convicted in connection with the burglary of Lewis Fielding's office and related false testimony.
United States v Nixon
Announces the Supreme Court's unanimous decision requiring Nixon to provide subpoenaed recordings, rejecting an absolute presidential privilege against judicial process.
Nixon Impeachment Debate
Delivers a nationally noted Judiciary Committee statement explaining the constitutional responsibility to judge evidence and determine whether Nixon committed impeachable offenses.
First Article of Impeachment
Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article charging Nixon with obstruction of justice in the Watergate investigation.
Second Article of Impeachment
Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article accusing Nixon of abuse of presidential power.
Third Article of Impeachment
Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article charging Nixon with contempt of Congress for defying committee subpoenas.
David Live
Records concerts in Philadelphia that are released as David Live, documenting his Diamond Dogs tour.
August
Smoking Gun Tape Released
Releases transcripts of June 23, 1972 conversations showing his early participation in efforts to limit the FBI's Watergate funding investigation.
Nixon Congressional Support
Meets Nixon with Republican congressional leaders and makes clear that the president lacks sufficient support to survive the approaching impeachment process.
Resignation Address
Announces in a televised address that he will resign the presidency at noon the following day as congressional support collapses.
Watergate
Faced with the threat of impeachment
Watergate
Nixon faces an imminent impeachment process as congressional support for his presidency collapses.
Inauguration
Immediately sworn in after Nixons resignation
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 38th President
Presidential Resignation
Formally resigns the presidency in a letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, becoming the first United States president to leave office by resignation.
Presidential Succession
Is sworn in as president after Nixon's resignation and declares that the long national nightmare is over.
Death of Clay LaVerne Shaw
Death of Clay Shaw
Truth and Consequences Inc
Shaw was engaged in a $5 million suit against Garrison and members of an organization, Truth and Consequences Inc., that financed Garrisons investigation. With no surviving relatives, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the suit in 1978
September
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERISA establishes federal standards for private pension and employee-benefit plans.
Death of Creighton Abrams
Death of Creighton Abrams
Nixon Pardon
Grants Richard Nixon a full, free and absolute pardon for federal offenses he committed or may have committed while president.
Pardon
Given a pardon by Gerald ford for involvement in Watergate
Pardon
Nixon receives a full presidential pardon from Gerald Ford for federal offenses he committed or may have committed while president.
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