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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa032)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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version](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&printable=yes \"Printable version of this page [p]\")\n\nIn other projects\n\n- [Wikidata item](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:EntityPage\/Q17017488 \"Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]\")\n\nAppearance\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nKey events in 1970s Nixon administration Watergate scandal\n\n| [Watergate scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal \"Watergate scandal\") |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/77\/WatergateFromAir.JPG\/250px-WatergateFromAir.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:WatergateFromAir.JPG)The [Watergate complex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_complex \"Watergate complex\") in 2006 |\n| Events |\n| List [Presidency of Richard Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidency_of_Richard_Nixon \"Presidency of Richard Nixon\") [Timeline]() [Nixon White House tapes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nixon_White_House_tapes \"Nixon White House tapes\") [Operation Sandwedge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Sandwedge \"Operation Sandwedge\") [Operation Gemstone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Gemstone \"Operation Gemstone\") [1972 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_United_States_presidential_election \"1972 United States presidential election\") \"[Saturday Night Massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Massacre \"Saturday Night Massacre\")\" [Impeachment process against Richard Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon \"Impeachment process against Richard Nixon\") *[United States v. Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Nixon \"United States v. Nixon\")* [Resignation speech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon%27s_resignation_speech \"Richard Nixon's resignation speech\") [Inauguration of Gerald Ford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inauguration_of_Gerald_Ford \"Inauguration of Gerald Ford\") |\n| People |\n| Watergate burglars [Bernard Barker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Barker \"Bernard Barker\") [Virgilio Gonzalez](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virgilio_Gonzalez \"Virgilio Gonzalez\") [Eugenio Martínez](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugenio_Mart%C3%ADnez \"Eugenio Martínez\") [James W. McCord Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_W._McCord_Jr. \"James W. McCord Jr.\") [Frank Sturgis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Sturgis \"Frank Sturgis\") |\n| Groups [Master list of Nixon's political opponents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Master_list_of_Nixon%27s_political_opponents \"Master list of Nixon's political opponents\") [Nixon's Enemies List](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List \"Nixon's Enemies List\") [Watergate Babies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_Babies \"Watergate Babies\") [Watergate Seven](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_Seven \"Watergate Seven\") [White House Plumbers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Plumbers \"White House Plumbers\") |\n| CRP [Committee for the Re-Election of the President](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_of_the_President \"Committee for the Re-Election of the President\") (CRP) [Fred LaRue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_LaRue \"Fred LaRue\") [Jeb Stuart Magruder](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Stuart_Magruder \"Jeb Stuart Magruder\") [Robert Mardian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mardian \"Robert Mardian\") [John N. Mitchell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_N._Mitchell \"John N. Mitchell\") [Kenneth Parkinson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Parkinson \"Kenneth Parkinson\") [Hugh W. Sloan Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugh_W._Sloan_Jr. \"Hugh W. Sloan Jr.\") [Maurice Stans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Stans \"Maurice Stans\") |\n| White House [Richard Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon \"Richard Nixon\") [Alexander Butterfield](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Butterfield \"Alexander Butterfield\") [Charles Colson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Colson \"Charles Colson\") [John Dean](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dean \"John Dean\") [John Ehrlichman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ehrlichman \"John Ehrlichman\") [Gerald Ford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford \"Gerald Ford\") [H. R. Haldeman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._R._Haldeman \"H. R. Haldeman\") [E. Howard Hunt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Howard_Hunt \"E. Howard Hunt\") [Egil Krogh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egil_Krogh \"Egil Krogh\") [G. Gordon Liddy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G._Gordon_Liddy \"G. Gordon Liddy\") [Gordon C. Strachan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gordon_C._Strachan \"Gordon C. Strachan\") [Rose Mary Woods](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Mary_Woods \"Rose Mary Woods\") |\n| Judiciary [Archibald Cox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Cox \"Archibald Cox\") [Leon Jaworski](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Jaworski \"Leon Jaworski\") [John Sirica](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Sirica \"John Sirica\") |\n| Journalists [Carl Bernstein](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Bernstein \"Carl Bernstein\") [Bob Woodward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Woodward \"Bob Woodward\") [Barry Sussman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Sussman \"Barry Sussman\") [Harry M. Rosenfeld](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_M._Rosenfeld \"Harry M. Rosenfeld\") [Howard Simons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Simons \"Howard Simons\") [Ben Bradlee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Bradlee \"Ben Bradlee\") [Katharine Graham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katharine_Graham \"Katharine Graham\") [Lesley Stahl](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lesley_Stahl \"Lesley Stahl\") *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* |\n| Intelligence community [Mark Felt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Felt \"Mark Felt\") (\"[Deep Throat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Throat_\\(Watergate\\) \"Deep Throat (Watergate)\")\") [L. Patrick Gray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Patrick_Gray \"L. Patrick Gray\") [Richard Helms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Helms \"Richard Helms\") [James R. Schlesinger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_R._Schlesinger \"James R. Schlesinger\") |\n| Congress [Howard Baker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Baker \"Howard Baker\") [Sam Ervin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Ervin \"Sam Ervin\") [Peter W. Rodino](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_W._Rodino \"Peter W. Rodino\") [U.S. Senate Watergate Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Watergate_Committee \"United States Senate Watergate Committee\") [Impeachment process](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon \"Impeachment process against Richard Nixon\") |\n| Related [Frank Wills (security guard)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Wills_\\(security_guard\\) \"Frank Wills (security guard)\") [James F. Neal (prosecutor)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._Neal \"James F. Neal\") [*All the President's Men* (book,](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_the_President%27s_Men \"All the President's Men\") [film)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_the_President%27s_Men_\\(film\\) \"All the President's Men (film)\") [*The Final Days* (book,](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Final_Days \"The Final Days\") [film)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Final_Days_\\(1989_film\\) \"The Final Days (1989 film)\") [*Blind Ambition* (miniseries)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blind_Ambition_\\(miniseries\\) \"Blind Ambition (miniseries)\") [*Dick* (1999 film)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_\\(film\\) \"Dick (film)\") [*Mark Felt: The Man who Brought Down the White House* (2017 film)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Felt:_The_Man_Who_Brought_Down_the_White_House \"Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House\") *[Watergate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_\\(board_game\\) \"Watergate (board game)\")* (2019 board game) *[Slow Burn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slow_Burn_\\(podcast\\) \"Slow Burn (podcast)\")* (2020 series) *[Gaslit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaslit_\\(TV_series\\) \"Gaslit (TV series)\")* (2022 series) *[White House Plumbers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Plumbers_\\(miniseries\\) \"White House Plumbers (miniseries)\")* (2023 miniseries) |\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:Watergate \"Template:Watergate\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:Watergate \"Template talk:Watergate\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:Watergate \"Special:EditPage\/Template:Watergate\") |\n\nThe [Watergate scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal \"Watergate scandal\") refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the [Democratic National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_National_Committee \"Democratic National Committee\"), in the [Watergate complex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_complex \"Watergate complex\") by members of President [Richard Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon \"Richard Nixon\")'s re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White House that were discovered during the course of the scandal.\n\n## 1960s\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: 1960s\")\\]\n\n- November 5, 1968: Richard Nixon [elected President](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election_of_1968 \"United States presidential election of 1968\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-1)\n- January 20, 1969: Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of The United States.\n\n## 1970s\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: 1970s\")\\]\n\n- July 1, 1971: [David Young](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Young_\\(Watergate\\) \"David Young (Watergate)\") and [Egil \"Bud\" Krogh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egil_Krogh \"Egil Krogh\") write a [memo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memorandum \"Memorandum\") suggesting the formation of what later became the \"[White House Plumbers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Plumbers \"White House Plumbers\")\" in response to the leak of the *[Pentagon Papers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentagon_Papers \"Pentagon Papers\")* by [Daniel Ellsberg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Ellsberg \"Daniel Ellsberg\").\n- August 21, 1971: [Nixon's Enemies List](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List \"Nixon's Enemies List\") is started by White House aides (though Nixon himself may not have been aware of it); to \"use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.\"[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-2)\n- September 3, 1971: \"White House Plumbers\" [E. Howard Hunt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Howard_Hunt \"E. Howard Hunt\"), [G. Gordon Liddy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G._Gordon_Liddy \"G. Gordon Liddy\"), and others break into the offices of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist Lewis Fielding looking for material that might discredit Ellsberg, under the direction of [John Ehrlichman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ehrlichman \"John Ehrlichman\") or his staff within the White House. This was the Plumbers' first major operation.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-3)\n- By early 1972, the Plumbers, at this stage assigned to the [Committee to Re-Elect the President](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_to_Re-Elect_the_President \"Committee to Re-Elect the President\") (abbreviated **CRP**, but often mocked by the acronym **CREEP**[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-Purcell2010-4)), had become frustrated at the lack of additional assignments they were being asked to perform, and that any plans and proposals they suggested were being rejected by CRP. Liddy and Hunt took their complaints to the White House – most likely to [Charles Colson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Colson \"Charles Colson\") – and requested that the White House start putting pressure on CRP to assign them new operations. It is likely that both Colson and White House Chief of Staff [H.R. Haldeman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H.R._Haldeman \"H.R. Haldeman\") did so, starting the chain of events that led to the Watergate break-ins a few months later. This narrative was confirmed in the famous \"[Cancer on the Presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cancer_on_the_Presidency \"Cancer on the Presidency\")\" conversation between Nixon and White House Counsel [John Dean](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dean \"John Dean\") on March 21, 1973.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-5)\n- May 2, 1972: [J. Edgar Hoover](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._Edgar_Hoover \"J. Edgar Hoover\") dies; [L. Patrick Gray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Patrick_Gray \"L. Patrick Gray\") is appointed acting [FBI director](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-6)\n- May 28, 1972: Liddy’s team breaks into DNC Headquarters at the Watergate complex for the first time, bugging the telephones of staffers.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-7)\n- June 17, 1972: The plumbers are arrested at 2:30 a.m. in the process of burgling and planting [surveillance bugs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covert_listening_device \"Covert listening device\") in the [Democratic National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_National_Committee \"Democratic National Committee\") offices at the [Watergate Building Complex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_complex \"Watergate complex\").\n- June 19, 1972: Despite efforts by [Steve King](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_King_\\(ambassador\\) \"Steve King (ambassador)\"), [Martha Mitchell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martha_Mitchell \"Martha Mitchell\") acquires a copy of the Los Angeles Times, and recognizes the name of one of the Watergate burglars, [James W. McCord Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_W._McCord_Jr. \"James W. McCord Jr.\"), security director of the [CRP](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_of_the_President \"Committee for the Re-Election of the President\").[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-8)\n- June 20, 1972: Reportedly based on a tip from [Deep Throat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Throat_\\(Watergate\\) \"Deep Throat (Watergate)\") (associate director of the [FBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Federal Bureau of Investigation\") [Mark Felt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Felt \"Mark Felt\")), [Bob Woodward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Woodward \"Bob Woodward\") reports in *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* that one of the burglars had [E. Howard Hunt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Howard_Hunt \"E. Howard Hunt\") in his address book and possessed checks signed by Hunt, and that Hunt was connected to Charles Colson. On the same day, Nixon and Haldeman have a conversation that is recorded by the White House taping system. Eighteen and a half minutes of this conversation will later be erased.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-9)\n- June 23, 1972: In the [Oval Office](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oval_Office \"Oval Office\"), H.R. Haldeman recommends to President Nixon that they attempt to shut down the FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in, by having CIA Director [Richard Helms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Helms \"Richard Helms\") and Deputy Director [Vernon A. Walters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernon_A._Walters \"Vernon A. Walters\") tell acting FBI Director [L. Patrick Gray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Patrick_Gray \"L. Patrick Gray\") to, \"Stay the hell out of this\". Haldeman expects Gray will then seek and take advice from Deputy FBI Director [Mark Felt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Throat_\\(Watergate\\) \"Deep Throat (Watergate)\"), and Felt will obey direction from the White House out of ambition. Nixon agrees and gives the order.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-10) [The conversation is recorded.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nixon_White_House_tapes#The_.22smoking_gun.22_tape \"Nixon White House tapes\")\n- September 15, 1972: Hunt, Liddy, and the Watergate burglars are indicted by a federal grand jury.\n- November 7, 1972: [Nixon re-elected](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972_United_States_presidential_election \"1972 United States presidential election\"), defeating [George McGovern](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_McGovern \"George McGovern\") with the largest plurality of votes in American history.\n- January 8, 1973: Five defendants plead guilty as the burglary trial begins. Liddy and [James W. McCord Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_W._McCord_Jr. \"James W. McCord Jr.\") are convicted after the trial.\n- January 20, 1973: Nixon is inaugurated for his second term.\n- February 28, 1973: Confirmation hearings begin for confirming [L. Patrick Gray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Patrick_Gray \"L. Patrick Gray\") as permanent Director of the FBI. During these hearings, Gray reveals that he had complied with an order from John Dean to provide daily updates on the Watergate investigation, and also that Dean had \"probably lied\" to FBI investigators.\n- March 17, 1973: Watergate burglar McCord writes a letter to Judge [John Sirica](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Sirica \"John Sirica\"), claiming that some of his testimony was perjured under pressure and that the burglary was not a CIA operation, but had involved other government officials, thereby leading the investigation to the White House.\n- March 21, 1973: Dean tells Nixon there is a \"cancer\" on the presidency.\n- March 23, 1973: The McCord letter is made public by Judge Sirica in open court at McCord's sentencing hearing.\n- April 6, 1973: White House counsel John Dean begins cooperating with federal Watergate prosecutors.\n- April 27, 1973: L. Patrick Gray resigns after it comes to light that he destroyed files from E. Howard Hunt's safe. [William Ruckelshaus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Ruckelshaus \"William Ruckelshaus\") is appointed as his replacement.\n- April 30, 1973: Senior White House administration officials Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and [Richard Kleindienst](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Kleindienst \"Richard Kleindienst\") resign, and John Dean is fired.\n- May 17, 1973: The [Senate Watergate Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_Watergate_Committee \"Senate Watergate Committee\") begins its nationally televised hearings.\n- May 19, 1973: Independent [special prosecutor](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_prosecutor \"Special prosecutor\") [Archibald Cox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Cox \"Archibald Cox\") appointed to oversee investigation into possible presidential impropriety.\n- June 3, 1973: John Dean tells Watergate investigators that he has discussed the [cover-up](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover-up \"Cover-up\") with Nixon at least 35 times, a claim which was proven to be false in a call between President Nixon and Ronald Ziegler [\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-12) and with Charles Colson [\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-13)\n- July 13, 1973: [Alexander Butterfield](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Butterfield \"Alexander Butterfield\"), former presidential appointments secretary, reveals that all conversations and telephone calls in Nixon's office have been taped since 1971.\n- July 18, 1973: Nixon orders White House taping systems disconnected.\n- July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee or the special prosecutor.\n- Vice President replaced:\n  - October 10, 1973: [Spiro Agnew](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiro_Agnew \"Spiro Agnew\") resigns as [Vice President of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_President_of_the_United_States \"Vice President of the United States\") due to corruption while he was the [governor of Maryland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_of_Maryland \"Governor of Maryland\").\n  - October 12, 1973: [Gerald Ford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford \"Gerald Ford\") is nominated as vice president under the [Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution \"Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution\").\n- October 20, 1973: \"[Saturday Night Massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Massacre \"Saturday Night Massacre\")\" – Nixon orders [Elliot Richardson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliot_Richardson \"Elliot Richardson\") and Ruckelshaus to fire special prosecutor Cox. They both refuse to comply and resign. [Robert Bork](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Bork \"Robert Bork\") considers resigning but carries out the order.\n- November 1, 1973: [Leon Jaworski](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Jaworski \"Leon Jaworski\") is appointed new special prosecutor.\n- November 17, 1973: Nixon delivers \"I am not a crook\" speech at a televised press conference at [Disney World](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disney_World \"Disney World\") in [Orlando, Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando,_Florida \"Orlando, Florida\").\n  - November 27, 1973: the Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Ford as vice president.\n  - December 6, 1973: the House votes 387 to 35 to confirm Ford as vice president, and he takes the oath of office an hour after the vote.\n- January 28, 1974: Nixon campaign aide [Herbert Porter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Porter \"Herbert Porter\") pleads guilty to perjury.\n- February 25, 1974: Nixon personal counsel [Herbert Kalmbach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Kalmbach \"Herbert Kalmbach\") pleads guilty to two charges of illegal campaign activities.\n- March 1, 1974: In an indictment against seven former presidential aides, delivered to Judge Sirica together with a sealed briefcase intended for the House Committee on the Judiciary, Nixon is named as an [unindicted co-conspirator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unindicted_co-conspirator \"Unindicted co-conspirator\").\n- March 4, 1974: The \"[Watergate Seven](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_Seven \"Watergate Seven\")\" (Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson, [Gordon C. Strachan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gordon_C._Strachan \"Gordon C. Strachan\"), [Robert Mardian](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mardian \"Robert Mardian\"), and [Kenneth Parkinson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Parkinson \"Kenneth Parkinson\")) are formally indicted.\n- March 18, 1974: Judge Sirica orders the grand jury's sealed report to be sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary.\n- April 5, 1974: [Dwight Chapin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_Chapin \"Dwight Chapin\") convicted of lying to a grand jury.\n- April 7, 1974: [Ed Reinecke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ed_Reinecke \"Ed Reinecke\"), Republican [lieutenant governor of California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieutenant_governor_of_California \"Lieutenant governor of California\"), indicted on three charges of perjury before the Senate committee.\n- April 16, 1974: Special Prosecutor Jaworski issues a subpoena for 64 White House tapes.\n- April 30, 1974: White House releases edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes, but the [House Judiciary Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Judiciary_Committee \"House Judiciary Committee\") insists the actual tapes must be turned over.\n- May 9, 1974: Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee.\n- June 15, 1974: Woodward and Bernstein's book *[All the President's Men](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_the_President%27s_Men \"All the President's Men\")* is published by Simon & Schuster ([ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\") [0-671-21781-X](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/0-671-21781-X \"Special:BookSources\/0-671-21781-X\")).\n- July 8, 1974: The United States Supreme Court hears oral argument in *[United States v. Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Nixon \"United States v. Nixon\")*.\n- July 24, 1974: *[United States v. Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Nixon \"United States v. Nixon\")* decided: in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court orders Nixon to release his Oval Office tapes to investigators.\n- Congress moves to [impeach](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon \"Impeachment process against Richard Nixon\") Nixon.\n  - July 27 to July 30, 1974: House Judiciary Committee passes Articles of Impeachment.\n  - Early August 1974: A previously unknown tape from June 23, 1972 (recorded a few days after the break-in) documenting Nixon and Haldeman formulating a plan to block investigations is released. This recording later became known as the \"Smoking Gun\".\n  - The House Republicans who opposed impeachment in committee now say they will vote to impeach Nixon on the House floor. On August 7, Key Republican congressional leaders tell Nixon that there are enough votes to impeach him in the House and convict him in the Senate.\n- August 8, 1974: Nixon delivers his resignation speech before a nationally televised audience.\n- August 9, 1974: Nixon resigns from office and Ford becomes president.\n- September 8, 1974: President Ford ends the investigations by granting Nixon a pardon.\n- October 17, 1974: Ford testifies before Congress on the pardon, the first sitting president to testify before Congress since President Lincoln.\n- November 7, 1974: [94th Congress](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/94th_Congress \"94th Congress\") elected: [Democratic Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Democratic_Party \"United States Democratic Party\") picks up 5 Senate seats and 49 House seats. Many of the freshman congressmen are very young; the media dubs them \"[Watergate Babies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_Babies \"Watergate Babies\")\".\n- December 31, 1974: As a result of Nixon administration abuses of privacy, [Privacy Act of 1974](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Privacy_Act_of_1974 \"Privacy Act of 1974\") passes into law.\n- January 1, 1975: [John N. Mitchell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_N._Mitchell \"John N. Mitchell\"), John Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldeman convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury.\n- July 27, 1975: [Church Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Committee \"Church Committee\"), chaired by [Frank Church](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Church \"Frank Church\"), commences to investigate foreign and domestic intelligence-gathering activities.\n- November 4, 1975: Ford replaces several Nixon cabinet members in the \"[Halloween Massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halloween_Massacre_\\(Ford_administration\\) \"Halloween Massacre (Ford administration)\")\", engineered by Ford aide [Donald Rumsfeld](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Rumsfeld \"Donald Rumsfeld\"). [Richard Cheney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Cheney \"Richard Cheney\"), [George H. W. Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush \"George H. W. Bush\") and [Brent Scowcroft](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brent_Scowcroft \"Brent Scowcroft\") join Ford administration; Rumsfeld becomes [Secretary of Defense](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secretary_of_Defense_of_the_United_States \"Secretary of Defense of the United States\"); [Henry Kissinger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Kissinger \"Henry Kissinger\") remains as [Secretary of State](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_State \"United States Secretary of State\") but not [National Security Advisor](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Security_Advisor_\\(United_States\\) \"National Security Advisor (United States)\").\n- May 5, 1976: Church Committee superseded by [Senate Select Committee on Intelligence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence \"Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\").\n- November 2, 1976: Ford is defeated in the United States [presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_United_States_presidential_election \"1976 United States presidential election\") by [Jimmy Carter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter \"Jimmy Carter\").\n- January 20, 1977: Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of The United States.\n- May 4, 1977: Nixon gives his [first major interview](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nixon_Interviews \"The Nixon Interviews\") about Watergate with British TV journalist [David Frost](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Frost \"David Frost\").\n- May 15, 1978: Nixon publishes his memoirs, giving more of his side of the Watergate saga.\n- October 25, 1978: [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act \"Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act\") enacted, creating [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court \"Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court\") and limiting federal government domestic surveillance powers. Recommended by [Church Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Committee \"Church Committee\").\n\n## 1990s\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: 1990s\")\\]\n\n- May, 1990: Publication of *[Wars of Watergate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Wars_of_Watergate&action=edit&redlink=1 \"Wars of Watergate (page does not exist)\")* by Stanley Kutler, often cited as the definitive history of the Watergate Scandal.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-New_York_Times-14)\n- January, 1992: Publication of *[Silent Coup](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silent_Coup \"Silent Coup\")* by journalists Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin, blaming Watergate burglary on John Dean who wanted to cover up involvement of his fiancée with a call-girl ring. Book endorsed by Liddy in his first major statement about Watergate case, prompting Dean to sue Liddy, Colodny and Gettlin for defamation. Dean's case was dismissed and settled out of court; DNC secretary Ida \"Maxine\" Wells, also implicated by Liddy in call-girl cover-up, sued for defamation but jury in that case deadlocked and the judge dismissed the case in 2001.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-cbs-15) The book, often dismissed as a revisionist, pro-Nixon apology or conspiracy theory, was also endorsed by Roger Stone.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-Washington_post-16)\n- April 22, 1994: [Richard Nixon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon \"Richard Nixon\") dies aged 81, after suffering a [stroke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stroke \"Stroke\"). In keeping with his own wishes, he was not given a [state funeral](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_funeral \"State funeral\"), though his funeral service five days later was a high-profile affair, attended by all five living U.S. Presidents and a host of other VIPs.\n\n## 2000s\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: 2000s\")\\]\n\n- May 31, 2005: [W. Mark Felt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._Mark_Felt \"W. Mark Felt\"), former Associate Director of the FBI during the Watergate years, declares that he is [Deep Throat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Throat_\\(Watergate\\) \"Deep Throat (Watergate)\"); this declaration was later confirmed by reporters [Bob Woodward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Woodward \"Bob Woodward\") and [Carl Bernstein](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Bernstein \"Carl Bernstein\"), although it was disputed by some writers.\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-1)**\n   Gerhard Peters. [\"The American Presidency Project Election of 1968\"](http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/showelection.php?year=1968). ucsb.edu. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160928030722\/http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/showelection.php?year=1968) from the original on September 28, 2016.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Memorandum from John Dean Titled \"Dealing with our Political Enemies,\"\"](https:\/\/exhibits.lib.unc.edu\/items\/show\/7896). *University Libraries*. August 16, 1971. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240523045323\/https:\/\/exhibits.lib.unc.edu\/items\/show\/7896) from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-3)**\n   Owen Edwards; [Smithsonian Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smithsonian_Magazine \"Smithsonian Magazine\") (October 2012). [\"The World's Most Famous Filing Cabinet: After Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, the infamous Plumbers broke into his psychiatrist's office, looking for a way to discredit him\"](http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history-archaeology\/The-Worlds-Most-Famous-Filing-Cabinet-169793406.html). smithsonianmag.com.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-Purcell2010_4-0)**\n   Joan Hoff (2010). L. Edward Purcell (ed.). [*Richard Milhous Nixon*](https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=zq3-BuDVQfMC&pg=PA342). Vol. Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary. Infobase Publishing. p. 351. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-1-4381-3071-2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-4381-3071-2 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-4381-3071-2\")\n   \n   .\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-5)**\n   [Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon_Presidential_Library_and_Museum \"Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\"). [\"Transcript of a recording of a meeting among the President, John Dean, and H.R. Haldeman in the Oval Office, on March 21, 1973, from 10:12 to 11:55 AM\"](https:\/\/www.nixonlibrary.gov\/forresearchers\/find\/tapes\/watergate\/trial\/exhibit_12.pdf) (PDF). nixonlibrary.gov. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130222103841\/http:\/\/www.nixonlibrary.gov\/forresearchers\/find\/tapes\/watergate\/trial\/exhibit_12.pdf) (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2013.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-6)**\n   Henry B. Hogue; [Federation of American Scientists](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_of_American_Scientists \"Federation of American Scientists\") (March 17, 2005). [\"Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History\"](https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/natsec\/RS20963.pdf) (PDF). fas.org. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160304003131\/http:\/\/www.fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/natsec\/RS20963.pdf) (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"The Watergate Scandal: A Timeline\"](https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/watergate-scandal-timeline-nixon). August 2024.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-8)**\n   Killian, Katie (August 1, 2019). [\"Slow Burn. Leon Neyfakh. Slate, The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company\"](https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1093\/ohr\/ohz018). *The Oral History Review*. **46** (2): 426–427\\. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\\(identifier\\) \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.1093\/ohr\/ohz018](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093%2Fohr%2Fohz018). [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISSN (identifier)\") [0094-0798](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0094-0798).\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-9)**\n   [\"The Watergate tapes' infamous 18.5-minute gap and Nixon's secretary's unusual explanation for it\"](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/watergate-tapes-infamous-185-minute-gap-nixons-secretarys\/story?id=47926329). *ABC News*. Retrieved June 13, 2022.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-10)**\n    [\"The Watergate Story – Nixon Resigns\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/part3.html). *The Washington Post*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161125171439\/http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/part3.html) from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-11)**\n    [\"168–24 \\| Miller Center\"](https:\/\/millercenter.org\/the-presidency\/secret-white-house-tapes\/168-24). December 16, 2016.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-12)**\n    [\"39–37 \\| Miller Center\"](https:\/\/millercenter.org\/the-presidency\/secret-white-house-tapes\/39-37). December 16, 2016.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-13)**\n    [\"168–28 \\| Miller Center\"](https:\/\/millercenter.org\/the-presidency\/secret-white-house-tapes\/168-28). December 16, 2016.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-New_York_Times_14-0)**\n    [\"Stanley I. Kutler, Historian Who Got Nixon Tapes Released, Dies at 80\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/12\/us\/stanley-i-kutler-80-historian-who-won-release-of-nixon-tapes-dies.html\/). *New York Times*. April 11, 2015.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-cbs_15-0)**\n    [\"Liddy Case Dismissed Jury Unable To Reach A Verdict After Deliberating 8 Hours\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/liddy-case-dismissed\/). *CBS News*. February 1, 2001. 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Rosenfeld") [Howard Simons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Simons "Howard Simons") [Ben Bradlee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bradlee "Ben Bradlee") [Katharine Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham "Katharine Graham") [Lesley Stahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Stahl "Lesley Stahl") [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") \| \| Intelligence community [Mark Felt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt "Mark Felt") ("[Deep Throat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_\(Watergate\) "Deep Throat (Watergate)")") [L. Patrick Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray "L. Patrick Gray") [Richard Helms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Helms "Richard Helms") [James R. Schlesinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger "James R. Schlesinger") \| \| Congress [Howard Baker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Baker "Howard Baker") [Sam Ervin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin "Sam Ervin") [Peter W. Rodino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_W._Rodino "Peter W. Rodino") [U.S. Senate Watergate Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Watergate_Committee "United States Senate Watergate Committee") [Impeachment process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon "Impeachment process against Richard Nixon") \| \| Related [Frank Wills (security guard)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wills_\(security_guard\) "Frank Wills (security guard)") [James F. Neal (prosecutor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Neal "James F. 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Howard Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Howard_Hunt "E. Howard Hunt"), [G. Gordon Liddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy "G. Gordon Liddy"), and others break into the offices of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist Lewis Fielding looking for material that might discredit Ellsberg, under the direction of [John Ehrlichman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman "John Ehrlichman") or his staff within the White House. This was the Plumbers' first major operation.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-3) - By early 1972, the Plumbers, at this stage assigned to the [Committee to Re-Elect the President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_Re-Elect_the_President "Committee to Re-Elect the President") (abbreviated CRP, but often mocked by the acronym CREEP[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-Purcell2010-4)), had become frustrated at the lack of additional assignments they were being asked to perform, and that any plans and proposals they suggested were being rejected by CRP. Liddy and Hunt took their complaints to the White House – most likely to [Charles Colson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson "Charles Colson") – and requested that the White House start putting pressure on CRP to assign them new operations. It is likely that both Colson and White House Chief of Staff [H.R. Haldeman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R._Haldeman "H.R. Haldeman") did so, starting the chain of events that led to the Watergate break-ins a few months later. This narrative was confirmed in the famous "[Cancer on the Presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_on_the_Presidency "Cancer on the Presidency")" conversation between Nixon and White House Counsel [John Dean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean "John Dean") on March 21, 1973.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-5) - May 2, 1972: [J. Edgar Hoover](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover "J. Edgar Hoover") dies; [L. Patrick Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray "L. Patrick Gray") is appointed acting [FBI director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-6) - May 28, 1972: Liddy’s team breaks into DNC Headquarters at the Watergate complex for the first time, bugging the telephones of staffers.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-7) - June 17, 1972: The plumbers are arrested at 2:30 a.m. in the process of burgling and planting [surveillance bugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_listening_device "Covert listening device") in the [Democratic National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee "Democratic National Committee") offices at the [Watergate Building Complex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_complex "Watergate complex"). - June 19, 1972: Despite efforts by [Steve King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King_\(ambassador\) "Steve King (ambassador)"), [Martha Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell "Martha Mitchell") acquires a copy of the Los Angeles Times, and recognizes the name of one of the Watergate burglars, [James W. McCord Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._McCord_Jr. "James W. McCord Jr."), security director of the [CRP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_of_the_President "Committee for the Re-Election of the President").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-8) - June 20, 1972: Reportedly based on a tip from [Deep Throat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_\(Watergate\) "Deep Throat (Watergate)") (associate director of the [FBI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") [Mark Felt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt "Mark Felt")), [Bob Woodward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward "Bob Woodward") reports in [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") that one of the burglars had [E. Howard Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Howard_Hunt "E. Howard Hunt") in his address book and possessed checks signed by Hunt, and that Hunt was connected to Charles Colson. On the same day, Nixon and Haldeman have a conversation that is recorded by the White House taping system. Eighteen and a half minutes of this conversation will later be erased.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-9) - June 23, 1972: In the [Oval Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office "Oval Office"), H.R. Haldeman recommends to President Nixon that they attempt to shut down the FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in, by having CIA Director [Richard Helms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Helms "Richard Helms") and Deputy Director [Vernon A. Walters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_A._Walters "Vernon A. Walters") tell acting FBI Director [L. Patrick Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray "L. Patrick Gray") to, "Stay the hell out of this". Haldeman expects Gray will then seek and take advice from Deputy FBI Director [Mark Felt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_\(Watergate\) "Deep Throat (Watergate)"), and Felt will obey direction from the White House out of ambition. Nixon agrees and gives the order.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-10) [The conversation is recorded.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes#The_.22smoking_gun.22_tape "Nixon White House tapes") - September 15, 1972: Hunt, Liddy, and the Watergate burglars are indicted by a federal grand jury. - November 7, 1972: [Nixon re-elected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election "1972 United States presidential election"), defeating [George McGovern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern "George McGovern") with the largest plurality of votes in American history. - January 8, 1973: Five defendants plead guilty as the burglary trial begins. Liddy and [James W. McCord Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._McCord_Jr. "James W. McCord Jr.") are convicted after the trial. - January 20, 1973: Nixon is inaugurated for his second term. - February 28, 1973: Confirmation hearings begin for confirming [L. Patrick Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray "L. Patrick Gray") as permanent Director of the FBI. During these hearings, Gray reveals that he had complied with an order from John Dean to provide daily updates on the Watergate investigation, and also that Dean had "probably lied" to FBI investigators. - March 17, 1973: Watergate burglar McCord writes a letter to Judge [John Sirica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica "John Sirica"), claiming that some of his testimony was perjured under pressure and that the burglary was not a CIA operation, but had involved other government officials, thereby leading the investigation to the White House. - March 21, 1973: Dean tells Nixon there is a "cancer" on the presidency. - March 23, 1973: The McCord letter is made public by Judge Sirica in open court at McCord's sentencing hearing. - April 6, 1973: White House counsel John Dean begins cooperating with federal Watergate prosecutors. - April 27, 1973: L. Patrick Gray resigns after it comes to light that he destroyed files from E. Howard Hunt's safe. [William Ruckelshaus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruckelshaus "William Ruckelshaus") is appointed as his replacement. - April 30, 1973: Senior White House administration officials Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and [Richard Kleindienst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kleindienst "Richard Kleindienst") resign, and John Dean is fired. - May 17, 1973: The [Senate Watergate Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Watergate_Committee "Senate Watergate Committee") begins its nationally televised hearings. - May 19, 1973: Independent [special prosecutor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_prosecutor "Special prosecutor") [Archibald Cox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Cox "Archibald Cox") appointed to oversee investigation into possible presidential impropriety. - June 3, 1973: John Dean tells Watergate investigators that he has discussed the [cover-up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover-up "Cover-up") with Nixon at least 35 times, a claim which was proven to be false in a call between President Nixon and Ronald Ziegler [\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-12) and with Charles Colson [\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-13) - July 13, 1973: [Alexander Butterfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butterfield "Alexander Butterfield"), former presidential appointments secretary, reveals that all conversations and telephone calls in Nixon's office have been taped since 1971. - July 18, 1973: Nixon orders White House taping systems disconnected. - July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee or the special prosecutor. - Vice President replaced: - October 10, 1973: [Spiro Agnew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew "Spiro Agnew") resigns as [Vice President of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States "Vice President of the United States") due to corruption while he was the [governor of Maryland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland "Governor of Maryland"). - October 12, 1973: [Gerald Ford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford "Gerald Ford") is nominated as vice president under the [Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution "Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution"). - October 20, 1973: "[Saturday Night Massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre "Saturday Night Massacre")" – Nixon orders [Elliot Richardson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Richardson "Elliot Richardson") and Ruckelshaus to fire special prosecutor Cox. They both refuse to comply and resign. [Robert Bork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork "Robert Bork") considers resigning but carries out the order. - November 1, 1973: [Leon Jaworski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jaworski "Leon Jaworski") is appointed new special prosecutor. - November 17, 1973: Nixon delivers "I am not a crook" speech at a televised press conference at [Disney World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_World "Disney World") in [Orlando, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando,_Florida "Orlando, Florida"). - November 27, 1973: the Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Ford as vice president. - December 6, 1973: the House votes 387 to 35 to confirm Ford as vice president, and he takes the oath of office an hour after the vote. - January 28, 1974: Nixon campaign aide [Herbert Porter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Porter "Herbert Porter") pleads guilty to perjury. - February 25, 1974: Nixon personal counsel [Herbert Kalmbach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kalmbach "Herbert Kalmbach") pleads guilty to two charges of illegal campaign activities. - March 1, 1974: In an indictment against seven former presidential aides, delivered to Judge Sirica together with a sealed briefcase intended for the House Committee on the Judiciary, Nixon is named as an [unindicted co-conspirator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unindicted_co-conspirator "Unindicted co-conspirator"). - March 4, 1974: The "[Watergate Seven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_Seven "Watergate Seven")" (Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson, [Gordon C. Strachan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_C._Strachan "Gordon C. Strachan"), [Robert Mardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mardian "Robert Mardian"), and [Kenneth Parkinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Parkinson "Kenneth Parkinson")) are formally indicted. - March 18, 1974: Judge Sirica orders the grand jury's sealed report to be sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - April 5, 1974: [Dwight Chapin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Chapin "Dwight Chapin") convicted of lying to a grand jury. - April 7, 1974: [Ed Reinecke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Reinecke "Ed Reinecke"), Republican [lieutenant governor of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_of_California "Lieutenant governor of California"), indicted on three charges of perjury before the Senate committee. - April 16, 1974: Special Prosecutor Jaworski issues a subpoena for 64 White House tapes. - April 30, 1974: White House releases edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes, but the [House Judiciary Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Judiciary_Committee "House Judiciary Committee") insists the actual tapes must be turned over. - May 9, 1974: Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee. - June 15, 1974: Woodward and Bernstein's book [All the President's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men "All the President's Men") is published by Simon & Schuster ([ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)") [0-671-21781-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-21781-X "Special:BookSources/0-671-21781-X")). - July 8, 1974: The United States Supreme Court hears oral argument in [United States v. Nixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon "United States v. Nixon"). - July 24, 1974: [United States v. Nixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon "United States v. Nixon") decided: in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court orders Nixon to release his Oval Office tapes to investigators. - Congress moves to [impeach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon "Impeachment process against Richard Nixon") Nixon. - July 27 to July 30, 1974: House Judiciary Committee passes Articles of Impeachment. - Early August 1974: A previously unknown tape from June 23, 1972 (recorded a few days after the break-in) documenting Nixon and Haldeman formulating a plan to block investigations is released. This recording later became known as the "Smoking Gun". - The House Republicans who opposed impeachment in committee now say they will vote to impeach Nixon on the House floor. On August 7, Key Republican congressional leaders tell Nixon that there are enough votes to impeach him in the House and convict him in the Senate. - August 8, 1974: Nixon delivers his resignation speech before a nationally televised audience. - August 9, 1974: Nixon resigns from office and Ford becomes president. - September 8, 1974: President Ford ends the investigations by granting Nixon a pardon. - October 17, 1974: Ford testifies before Congress on the pardon, the first sitting president to testify before Congress since President Lincoln. - November 7, 1974: [94th Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_Congress "94th Congress") elected: [Democratic Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party "United States Democratic Party") picks up 5 Senate seats and 49 House seats. Many of the freshman congressmen are very young; the media dubs them "[Watergate Babies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_Babies "Watergate Babies")". - December 31, 1974: As a result of Nixon administration abuses of privacy, [Privacy Act of 1974](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974 "Privacy Act of 1974") passes into law. - January 1, 1975: [John N. Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell "John N. Mitchell"), John Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldeman convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. - July 27, 1975: [Church Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee "Church Committee"), chaired by [Frank Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Church "Frank Church"), commences to investigate foreign and domestic intelligence-gathering activities. - November 4, 1975: Ford replaces several Nixon cabinet members in the "[Halloween Massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Massacre_\(Ford_administration\) "Halloween Massacre (Ford administration)")", engineered by Ford aide [Donald Rumsfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld "Donald Rumsfeld"). [Richard Cheney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cheney "Richard Cheney"), [George H. W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush "George H. W. Bush") and [Brent Scowcroft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Scowcroft "Brent Scowcroft") join Ford administration; Rumsfeld becomes [Secretary of Defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense_of_the_United_States "Secretary of Defense of the United States"); [Henry Kissinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger "Henry Kissinger") remains as [Secretary of State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State "United States Secretary of State") but not [National Security Advisor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_\(United_States\) "National Security Advisor (United States)"). - May 5, 1976: Church Committee superseded by [Senate Select Committee on Intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence "Senate Select Committee on Intelligence"). - November 2, 1976: Ford is defeated in the United States [presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election "1976 United States presidential election") by [Jimmy Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter "Jimmy Carter"). - January 20, 1977: Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of The United States. - May 4, 1977: Nixon gives his [first major interview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nixon_Interviews "The Nixon Interviews") about Watergate with British TV journalist [David Frost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frost "David Frost"). - May 15, 1978: Nixon publishes his memoirs, giving more of his side of the Watergate saga. - October 25, 1978: [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act") enacted, creating [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court") and limiting federal government domestic surveillance powers. Recommended by [Church Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee "Church Committee"). ## 1990s \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: 1990s")\] - May, 1990: Publication of [Wars of Watergate](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wars_of_Watergate&action=edit&redlink=1 "Wars of Watergate (page does not exist)") by Stanley Kutler, often cited as the definitive history of the Watergate Scandal.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-New_York_Times-14) - January, 1992: Publication of [Silent Coup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Coup "Silent Coup") by journalists Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin, blaming Watergate burglary on John Dean who wanted to cover up involvement of his fiancée with a call-girl ring. Book endorsed by Liddy in his first major statement about Watergate case, prompting Dean to sue Liddy, Colodny and Gettlin for defamation. Dean's case was dismissed and settled out of court; DNC secretary Ida "Maxine" Wells, also implicated by Liddy in call-girl cover-up, sued for defamation but jury in that case deadlocked and the judge dismissed the case in 2001.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-cbs-15) The book, often dismissed as a revisionist, pro-Nixon apology or conspiracy theory, was also endorsed by Roger Stone.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_note-Washington_post-16) - April 22, 1994: [Richard Nixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon "Richard Nixon") dies aged 81, after suffering a [stroke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke "Stroke"). In keeping with his own wishes, he was not given a [state funeral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral "State funeral"), though his funeral service five days later was a high-profile affair, attended by all five living U.S. Presidents and a host of other VIPs. ## 2000s \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: 2000s")\] - May 31, 2005: [W. Mark Felt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Mark_Felt "W. Mark Felt"), former Associate Director of the FBI during the Watergate years, declares that he is [Deep Throat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_\(Watergate\) "Deep Throat (Watergate)"); this declaration was later confirmed by reporters [Bob Woodward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward "Bob Woodward") and [Carl Bernstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bernstein "Carl Bernstein"), although it was disputed by some writers. ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: References")\] 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-1) Gerhard Peters. ["The American Presidency Project Election of 1968"](http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1968). ucsb.edu. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160928030722/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1968) from the original on September 28, 2016. 2. 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Haldeman in the Oval Office, on March 21, 1973, from 10:12 to 11:55 AM"](https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/tapes/watergate/trial/exhibit_12.pdf) (PDF). nixonlibrary.gov. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130222103841/http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/tapes/watergate/trial/exhibit_12.pdf) (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2013. 6. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-6) Henry B. Hogue; [Federation of American Scientists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_American_Scientists "Federation of American Scientists") (March 17, 2005). ["Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History"](https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS20963.pdf) (PDF). fas.org. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003131/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS20963.pdf) (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. 7. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-7) ["The Watergate Scandal: A Timeline"](https://www.history.com/topics/watergate-scandal-timeline-nixon). August 2024. 8. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-8) Killian, Katie (August 1, 2019). ["Slow Burn. Leon Neyfakh. Slate, The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ohr/ohz018). The Oral History Review. 46 (2): 426–427\. [doi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_\(identifier\) "Doi (identifier)"):[10\.1093/ohr/ohz018](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fohr%2Fohz018). [ISSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN_\(identifier\) "ISSN (identifier)") [0094-0798](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0094-0798). 9. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-9) ["The Watergate tapes' infamous 18.5-minute gap and Nixon's secretary's unusual explanation for it"](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/watergate-tapes-infamous-185-minute-gap-nixons-secretarys/story?id=47926329). ABC News. Retrieved June 13, 2022. 10. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-10) ["The Watergate Story – Nixon Resigns"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part3.html). The Washington Post. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161125171439/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part3.html) from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016. 11. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-11) ["168–24 \\| Miller Center"](https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/168-24). December 16, 2016. 12. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-12) ["39–37 \\| Miller Center"](https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/39-37). December 16, 2016. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-13) ["168–28 \\| Miller Center"](https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/168-28). December 16, 2016. 14. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-New_York_Times_14-0) ["Stanley I. Kutler, Historian Who Got Nixon Tapes Released, Dies at 80"](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/us/stanley-i-kutler-80-historian-who-won-release-of-nixon-tapes-dies.html/). New York Times. April 11, 2015. 15. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-cbs_15-0) ["Liddy Case Dismissed Jury Unable To Reach A Verdict After Deliberating 8 Hours"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liddy-case-dismissed/). CBS News. February 1, 2001. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060901162637/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/01/29/national/main267968.shtml) from the original on September 1, 2006. 16. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Watergate_scandal#cite_ref-Washington_post_16-0) ["Mark Levin has warned before of Obama's 'silent coup.' Now he has a follower in the Oval Office"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/06/mark-levin-has-warned-before-of-obamas-silent-coup-now-he-has-a-follower-in-the-oval-office/). Washington Post. March 26, 2017. - Bernstein, C., & Woodward, B. (1974). All the President's Men. 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