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Richard Nixon

Former US President Richard Nixon gives his farewell speech at the White House after resigning on 9 August 1974.

Richard Nixon's Resignation Remembered 40 Years After

Forty years ago on Aug. 9, 1974, Richard Nixon threw in the towel on a troubled presidency and resigned from office. The only U.S. president to resign, Nixon was brought down by the giant Watergate scandal and other factors related to alleged criminal behavior.

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