The resignation of Richard Nixon was the culmination of two years of swirling controversy that began with a burglary at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in June 1972.

The impacts of the Watergate scandal and former President Richard Nixon’s resignation 50 years ago today still linger five decades later.

On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, with impeachment proceedings underway, announced that he would resign the office of president effective at noon the next day.

Ed Cox — the son-in-law of Richard Nixon — for the first time is publicly discussing the ex president’s disgraced exit from office 50 years ago following the Watergate scandal, an… ...

In 1974, President Richard Nixon delivered an address from the Oval Office, during which he announced his decision to resign from the Office of the President of the United States.

It is 50 years now since Richard Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974, and resigned the office the following day. Nixon was pardoned by the new president, Gerald Ford, on September 8.

Former President Richard M. Nixon stretches out his arms and turns his face to the warm sun that greeted him upon his arrival at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station en route to his San Clemente ...

On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, with impeachment proceedings underway, announced that he would resign the office of president effective at noon the next day.