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