HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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In a controversial executive action, President Gerald Ford
pardoned his disgraced predecessor
Richard M. Nixon for
any crimes he may have committed or participated in while
in office. Ford later defended this action before the House
Judiciary Committee, explaining that he wanted to end the
national divisions created by the
Watergate scandal.

‘No One Could Believe It’: When Ford Pardoned Nixon Four Decades Ago - The New York Times

Richard Nixon (1969-1974) portrait by Norman Rockwell | Flickr
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

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