Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation following the Watergate scandal. This week American History TV has been playing programming related to Watergate and the ...

With his resignation soon to take effect, Richard Nixon leaves the White House one last time as he boards Army One on Aug. 9, 1974. Bettmann Archive On April 29, 1974, President Richard Nixon ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today’s political turbulence is a stark reminder that this nation has successfully endured the shenanigans of those occupying political office and those ...

In May 1974, President Richard Nixon was under extreme scrutiny and feeling the pressure of the ongoing Watergate scandal investigation. But amid this turmoil, Nixon came to "God's Country" to give a ...

Henry S. Richardson ’77 was spending his weekend rock climbing in New York when his father, the United States Attorney General, quit his job. It was Oct. 20, 1973, and Richard Nixon had just asked ...

Nixon resigned amid Watergate scandal. — -- President Richard Nixon resigned 40 years ago today, saying during his announcement that it would begin "that process of healing which is so ...

In his 37th address from the Oval Office, the 37th president of the United States spoke words never said by an American president. “I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow,” Richard ...

The federal government passed a whole raft of laws in the wake of the 1970s Watergate scandal, aimed at curbing the power of ...

Although grown-ups are supposed to shield children from scandal, my parents didn’t bother sending me out of the room as news of the Watergate cover-up forced President Richard Nixon from office 50 ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1565, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the continental United States was founded on the site of the present St. Augustine, Fla. In ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1833, Chicago, with a population of about 200, was incorporated as a village. In 1858, after several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across ...