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2005 Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent
2005 Peter W. Rodino, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council, died at 95 of heart failure 2004 Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92 2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79 2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52 1993 Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68 1992 John J Sirica, U.S., judge (Watergate), dies at 88 1982 Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 1981 Herman Talmadge, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee, died at age 88 1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime 1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington D.C. 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up 1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 1974 President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings 1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1974 Expert panel reports 18 -m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee 1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal 1973 U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox 1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation 1973 During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes 1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" 1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up 1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal 1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal 1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts 1973 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1973 Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Washington D.C. 1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 1944 Carl Bernstein, Washington Post investigative reporter, Watergate 1943 Bob Woodward, investigative reporter, Watergate, CIA crimes 1941 Elizabeth Holtzman, Brooklyn DA, D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee 1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1931 Charles W. Colson, presidential adviser, Watergate figure 1930 G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host 1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure 1925 John D Erlichman, Politician, Nixon aide, Watergate 1922 Clark MacGregor, politician, involved in Watergate 1918 E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1917 Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office 1913 W. Mark Felt, born in Idaho, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Watergate whistleblower "Deep Throat" 1913 Herman Talmadge, born in McRae, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee 1912 Archibald Cox, special prosecutor, Watergate 1909 Peter W. Rodino, born in Newark, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council 1908 Maurice Stans, born in Shaokopee, Minnesota, Maurice Hubert Stans, President Richard Nixon's finance chairmen, acquitted in Watergate, U.S. Deputy Postmaster General 1955 - 57, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1969 - 1972 1904 John J Sirica, U.S. federal judge, Watergate hearings 1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 |
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