| Richard Nixon Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
 | 1969 | His inauguration as 37th President of the United States |
| 1969 | The Cold War continued the struggle between communism and democracy. The Vietnam War (November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975) also continues |
| 1969 | Apollo 11: Apollo 11 launches on July 20, 1969. It lands on the lunar surface. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. |
| 1970 | On May 4, 1970 four students shot dead at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen |
| 1970 | The Clean Air Act was passed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created to protecting human health and the environment by enforcing laws passed by Congress. |
| 1970 | The first Earth Day was celebrated on Wednesday, April 22, 1970 |
| 1971 | The 26th Amendment ratified giving 18-year-olds the right to vote. |
| 1971 | The Pentagon Papers were leaked March 1971 revealing that previous administrations had been dishonest |
| 1971 | Apollo 14: Apollo 14 lands on the moon on February 5, 1971 commanded by Alan Shepard. He was the only astronaut from Project Mercury to reach the moon. |
| 1972 | By 1972, less than 30% of Americans agreed with the Vietnam War. Protests erupted in Washington, D.C. and on college campuses across the US |
| 1972 | The Watergate Break-in: On June 17, 1972 Five men, including one who says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested for trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex. |
| 1972 | The SALT Agreement (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks): Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and the President meet in Moscow and sign the SALT agreements |
| 1972 | The Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty of 1972 limits the number of US and Soviet defensive antiballistic missile systems |
| 1972 | The President visits China starting a week-long summit aimed at ending twenty years of cool relations between the two countries, enabling the policy of detente. |
| 1972 | November 11, 1972: Richard Nixon is re-elected in one of the largest landslides in American history |
| 1973 | January 15, 1973: Bowing to strong anti-war sentiments the President announced on national television plans for a cease fire and to end U.S. offensive actions in Vietnam. |
| 1973 | January 30, 1973: Former presidential aides, G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord, are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident. |
| 1973 | Skylab: Skylab, a small orbital space platform, is launched on May 14, 1973 |
| 1973 | The CIA, acting in secret, helps to overthrow the government of Chile under Salvador Allende. |
| 1973 | The End of the Vietnam War: On March 29, 1973, the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam. The Vietnam War continued for another 2 years, but the South Vietnamese no longer received American assistance. |
| 1973 | The 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade regarding abortions |
| 1973 | November 17, 1973: The President declares, “I’m not a crook,” maintaining his innocence in the conspiracy and cover-up of the Watergate scandal. |
| 1973 | July 27, 1974: House Judiciary Committee passes the first of 3 articles of impeachment, charging obstruction of justice. |
| 1974 | August 8, 1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign. |
| 1974 | His presidency and term in office ends. Vice President Gerald Ford assumes office and will later pardon Nixon related to the Watergate scandal. The next US President was therefore Gerald R. Ford |
| Presidential Timeline of important Events |
