32 Years Ago Today, Richard Nixon Walked Away

Thirty-two years ago, Dick Nixon went on TV and announced that he would tomorrow become the first president in American history (but surely not the last) to resign.

Impeachment proceedings were grinding away in Congress for his involvement in the
Watergate affair (the cover-up mainly). . .and Nixon was bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House.

"By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." Just before noon the next day, Nixon threw in the towel. He jumped on a helicopter, and raised his arms in the victory salute, and disappeared from the public stage. Gerald Ford became the 38th President and said "our long national nightmare is over."

The last nail in the coffin: On August 5, transcripts of more White House recordings were released, that contained a conversation in which The President told Haldeman to order the FBI to halt the Watergate investigation. Three days later, Nixon quit.
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