20 Oct 2026, 10:20 AM
On This Day, Oct. 20: In 1973, Nixon ordered Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox fired.
In 1973, during the “Saturday Night Massacre,” President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal. The order set off a series of actions that helped lead to Nixon’s resignation less than a year later.
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