On this day - 9 August
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Nixon resigns
President Nixon resigned from office on August 9th 1974 following the Watergate scandal. He became the only president of the USA to resign from office when he did this.
The Watergate scandal involved attempts from Nixon's administration to cover up their role in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972. The headquarters were in the Watergate office building in Washington DC which gave the scandal its name.
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