President Ford picks Nelson Rockefeller for VP 40 years ago this morning (Aug 20 1974)

(Tuesday, August 20, 1974, morning EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — Former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, 66, was nominated by U.S. President Gerald Ford today to be the next Vice President of the United States, a vacancy created by Ford’s ascension to the presidency upon the Aug. 9, 1974, resignation of President Richard Nixon.