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This Day In History: 11/22/1963 – Kennedy Assassinated

This Day in History: 10/22/1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

This Day In History: 02/07/1964 – Beatles Arrive in New York

This Day In History: 08/15/1969 – Woodstock Begins

This Day In History: 08/01/1961 – Texans Head for Six Flags

Nixon’s Memo to Haldeman

On March 10, 1970, President Richard Nixon records a memorandum to his aide H.R. Haldeman asking him to set up a special group to keep tabs on Nixon’s opponents.

Nixon’s “Smoking Gun”

A secretly recorded conversation between President Richard Nixon and his aide H.R. Haldeman on June 23, 1972, reveals the president’s involvement in the Watergate break‑ins and cover‑up. During the conversation, which became known as the “Smoking Gun,” Nixon and Haldeman discuss telling Deputy CIA Director Vernon Walters to interfere with FBI Acting Director Pat Gray’s […]

Watergate Forces Nixon to Resign

In this History Rocks the 70’s video, brought to you by the History Channel, learn about special investigator Archibald Cox’s quest to investigate the Watergate cover‑up. Nixon tries to get Cox fired several times. He asks Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus; both refuse and resign.

The 1970s

The 1970s are famous for bell‑bottoms and the rise of disco, but it was also an era of economic struggle, cultural change and technological innovation.

The Rumble in the Jungle, 1974

Travel back in time to 1974 and listen to Muhammad Ali talk about his upcoming “Rumble in the Jungle” bout with George Foreman.