Congressional Investigative member Republican John Leon and others were claiming that the Democrats had entrapped the Watergate burglars. Investigators issued…
Liza Minnelli and Peter Sellers are a couple while she is still married to Peter Allen. He’s married at the…
Culture War Rages
White House counsel John Dean meets with President Nixon to discuss his upcoming testimony before the Watergate grand jury (see…
White House aide John Ehrlichman presents the results of his “independent investigation” of Watergate (see March 27, 1973) to President…
Jeb Magruder testifies before Watergate investigators. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Former CREEP deputy director Jeb Magruder testifies in private to…
James McCord demonstrates a bugging device during his testimony. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Convicted Watergate burglar James McCord testifies behind…
Convicted Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972 and January 8-11, 1973) lies to the Watergate grand…
Virgilio Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis, former attorney Henry Rothblatt, Bernard Barker, and Eugenio Martinez, photographed during the trial. [Source: Wally McNamee…
The Senate hearings for L. Patrick Gray’s nomination as FBI director (see February 28-29, 1973) become ever more contentious after…
After the Dean “cancer” conversation (see March 21, 1973), President Nixon speaks with his senior aide, Charles Colson, about paying…
White House counsel John Dean warns President Nixon of a “cancer on the presidency.” When this phrase enters the public…
In March 1973, James Schlesinger became director of the CIA. According to Donald Burton, John Paisley “despised Schlesinger”. Burton adds…
Meier met with Susie Wyss in Paris. Hubert Humphrey had told Meier to call Wyss if he was ever in…
Rolando Masferrer, another Cuban exile employed by the CIA, was blown blown to bits when his car exploded on October…
Bennett told the CIA he he could handle the Ervin committee if the Agency could handle Hunt. Bennett even stated…
President Nixon and White House counsel John Dean discuss several topics surrounding the Watergate investigation. The conversation is secretly recorded.…
In London on business Meier’s hotel room was searched, torn apart. He knew he was being followed. In London Meier…
While awaiting sentencing, convicted Watergate burglar James McCord (see January 30, 1973) tells fellow burglar Bernard Barker that he is…
Following on the five guilty pleas of their fellow defendants (see January 8-11, 1973), the final two Watergate defendants, G.…
Meier met with Buhler in Liechtenstein and asked about Hughes’ whereabouts. Buhler said it was impossible to see Hughes but…
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward once again meets with his FBI background source, W. Mark Felt—known around the Post offices…
Hugh Sloan. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis]Former Nixon campaign treasurer Htifies during the trial of the “Watergate Seven” (see January 8-11,…
Black militant, Black Muslims. Washington, D,C. Two
During the trial of Watergate burglars G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord (see January 8-11, 1973), the court goes into…
Black militant. Black Liberation Army. Brooklyn. New York. In Brooklyn a black man opens fire with an automatic weapon on a police car, wounding two policemen.
Elvis Presley’s Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite television special is broadcast in over 40 countries around the world.
During the trial of the “Watergate Seven” (see January 8-11, 1973), unbeknownst to the press, the prosecution, or Judge John…
Black militant, Black Liberation Army. New York City. New York. Two housing police are shot in front of a bar.
After the press reports that the Watergate burglars will receive cash payments in return for their guilty pleas and their…
E. Howard Hunt, the leader of the seven Watergate burglars (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) currently on trial, tells fellow…
Black militant, Black Liberation Army. New York City, New York. Shots are fired at police,
A confident G. Gordon Liddy leaves the courtroom. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] The trial of the seven men accusing of…
Black militant. Republic of New Africa. New Orleans, Louisiana. Mark Essex, a black male with links to the Republic of New Africa, shoots 6 and wounds 21 during an attack in a motel. The dead include two hotel guests. Robert and Elizabeth Steagall, the hotel manager. Frank Schneider, and three police officers, Louis Sirgo, Phil Coleman, and Paul Persigo. All the victims were white, Mark Essex is killed by police at the end of a day-long shoot-out.
While awaiting trial, Watergate burglar James McCord (see June 19, 1972) tells his fellow burglars that he is going to…
Black militant, Black Liberation Army. New York City. New York. During the robbery of a social club, one man is shot and killed.
Black militant, Republic of New Africa, New Orleans, Louisiana. A police cadet, Alfred Harrell, is killed and two other police officers are wounded in sniper attack. Bullets are later matched to the rifle used by Mark Essex in a motel Shooting
Black militant, Black Liberation Army. New York City, New York. A bar owner is held for a $20,000 ransom.
Richard Lavoie, chief of security for International Telegraph and Telephone, died of a heart attack on December 27, 1972. At…
Black militant, Black Liberation Army. Detroit. Michigan. Police officer Robert Bradford is shot and killed by the BLA
Puerto Rican nationalist. New York City. New York. Three department stores are bombed.
Acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray burns key documents in the Watergate case. He has had the documents, originally kept…
Cuban, Secret Cuban Government. Miami, Florida. A travel agency is bombed.
Cuban, Frente de Liberacion Nacional de Cuba, New York City, New York. A business trading with Cuba is bombed.
Dorothy Hunt. [Source: Spartacus Educational] Dorothy Hunt, the wife of accused Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30 a.m.June 17,…
White House secretary Kathleen Chenow (see June 28-July 3, 1972) confirms the existence of the “Plumbers,” the extralegal operation tasked…
Cuban. Frente de Liberacion Nacional de Cuba. New York City, New York. A travel agency is bombed,
Black militant. Pontiac, Michigan. Five while students are shot and wounded by blacks.
Culture War Rages
White House aide Charles Colson and Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt discuss Hunt’s demand for “hush money” (see June 20-21,…