Saturday, August 8, 2009

President Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon was the first U.S. President to resign this office. Faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment, Nixon announced on August 8, 1974, that he would resign the next day. The resignation stemmed from an attempted cover up of a break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the 1972 presidential campaign.
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