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| 1971 | Ellsberg, Daniel |  |
| 4th Sep Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War |
| 1971 | Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| 4th Sep Watergate Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War |
| 4th Sep Watergate Maintaines that the reason for the break-in was the belief they would find records proving the Democrats had received illegal campaign contributions from the Castro regime |
| 4th Sep Watergate Organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist |
| 1972 | Bernstein, Carl | |
| Watergate Carl Bernstein & Bob Wooward are assigned to investigate the June 17, 1972 burglary of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in a Washington, D.C. hotel called Watergate |
| 1972 | Bradlee, Ben | |
| Watergate Woodward & Bernstein's work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection |
| 1972 | Felt, Mark | |
| Watergate Felt provides Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads that see the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974 |
| Watergate Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informant's identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005 |
| 1972 | Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| 18th June Watergate Howard Hunt recieves a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate |
| 1972 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 17th June Watergate Watergate begins after 5 men are arrested burgling the Democratic Party's national HQ |
| 1972 | Woodward, Robert "Bob" | |
| Watergate Carl Bernstein & Bob Wooward are assigned to investigate the June 17, 1972 burglary of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in a Washington, D.C. hotel called Watergate |
| Watergate Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informant's identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005 |
| Watergate Woodward & Bernstein's work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection |
| 18th June Watergate Howard Hunt recieves a call from the reporter Bob Woodward informing him that his name had been found in the address book of one of the burglars arrested the previous day at the Democratic party headquarters, in the Wate |
| 1973 | Bernstein, Carl | |
| The Washington Post wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, though the Prize is awarded to the entire Post staff, the citation specifically named Wooward's and Bernstein's reporting on Watergate |
| 1973 | Butterfield, Alexander | |
| 13th July Watergate Discloses to the Special Senate Committee the existence of the White House tapes |
| 16th July Watergate Butterfield is put before the full Special Senate Committee to put the taping system on the record |
| 1973 | Ford, Gerald | |
| Watergate Nixon receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford |
| 1973 | Woodward, Robert "Bob" | |
| The Washington Post wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, though the Prize is awarded to the entire Post staff, the citation specifically named Wooward's and Bernstein's reporting on Watergate |
| 1995 | Butterfield, Alexander | |
| Watergate Butterfield coorectly identifies "Deep Throsat" to the Hartford Courant, "I think it was a guy named Mark Felt" |
| 1995 | Felt, Mark | |
| Watergate Butterfield coorectly identifies "Deep Throsat" to the Hartford Courant, "I think it was a guy named Mark Felt" |
| 2005 | Felt, Mark | |
| 31st May Watergate Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal |
| 31st May Watergate The admission takes even legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who had promised to keep their source's identity a secret until his death, by surprise |
