On August 8, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon delivered a nationally-televised speech to the American public from the Oval Office announcing his intention to resign the presidency the following day due to the Watergate scandal.

2009年11月24日 · In an evening televised address on August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign.

On the evening of August 8, 1974, President Nixon addressed the nation and announced his intention to resign. The next morning, White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig presented this letter to President Nixon to sign.

2019年8月8日 · President Richard Nixon resigned from his American presidency 45 years ago on August 8, after a one of the greatest political conspiracies in U.S. history, which became known as the Watergate...

2022年8月9日 · Here we unpack the reasons behind Nixon's historic resignation, including the involvement of the U.S. attorney general and recall the famed speech he gave upon exiting the Oval Office.

Fifty years after Richard Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign his office, what does the Watergate scandal teach us about that moment in history and everything that has happened since? A key player in the story examines these questions.

1974年8月8日 · President Nixon addresses the country to announce his resignation as President of the United States. He concludes that it is evident he no longer has a strong enough political base in Congress to justify continuing his efforts to carry out his term.

2024年8月8日 · In a solemn television address 50 years ago this week, on Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign from office—becoming the first American president ever to do so. It was a stunning turn of events for Nixon, who just two years earlier won his reelection bid by a landslide.

2024年8月8日 · Nixon's resignation capped the more than two-year Watergate scandal that, along with Vietnam, transformed the presidency and the politics surrounding it.

On the evening of August 8, 1974, President Nixon addressed the nation and announced his intention to resign. President Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974. Vice President Gerald Ford acceded to the Presidency in the wake of Richard Nixon’s resignation on August 9, 1974.