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The “Saturday Night Massacre”

October 20, 1973: Nixon fires Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in what becomes known as “The Saturday Night Massacre.” The attorney general resigns and Congress files 21 resolutions calling for Nixon’s impeachment.

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