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Time Travel─── 03:33 Wed, 10 Oct 2018
Nixon Resigns in Shame In 1974
In the wake of the Watergate scandal that happened in a presidential state, Nixon became the first president in US history to resign from office Facing virtually certain impeachment. Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974, preventing the House from impeaching him. On September 8, 1974, right after his successor, Gerald Ford pardoned him.