Video: 'Watergate: The 18 ½ Minute Gap and Haldeman's Notes'

(Wednesday, November 21, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, today revealed the existence of an 18-1/2-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate. It appears in a recording made on June 20, 1972, as Nixon discussed the break-in at the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex for the first time with his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman. Continue reading Gap on key Watergate tape revealed 40 hours ago today (1973) →

Image: Robert Bork, Acting Attorney General speaking at the microphone in the White House Press Room (Nov. 1, 1973)

(Thursday, November 1, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — Following the Saturday Night Massacre, Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork today appointed Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox, who was fired Oct. 20, 1973.

(Monday, July 16, 1973; during the Watergate Scandal) — Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret taping system today during the Senate Watergate hearings. Butterfield had already told Senate Watergate Committee staff members privately on July 13, 1973.

Video: 'Nixon's Enemies List'

(Tuesday, June 26, 1973; during the Watergate Scandal) — Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee today about an “enemies list” kept by the Nixon White House.

(Sunday, June 3, 1973; during the Watergate Scandal) — Former presidential counsel John W. Dean III has told Senate investigators and federal prosecutors that he discussed aspects of the Watergate cover-up with President Richard Nixon or in Nixon’s presence on at least 35 occasions between January and April of 1973, The Washington Post newspaper reported today.

Dean plans to testify under oath at the Senate’s Watergate hearings, regardless of whether he is granted full immunity from prosecution, and he will allege that President Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up, the sources said.

Video: May 18, 1973 (at 6:46)

(Friday, May 18, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — Attorney General-designate Elliot L. Richard today turned over prosecution of Watergate, one of the biggest political scandals in history, to a Democrat, Archibald Cox (pictured left), a former federal official and now a Harvard professor of law.