<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>: US President Gerald Ford signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pardon of Richard Nixon">pardon of Richard Nixon</a> for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.