President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, in a nationwide television address, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon's_resignation_speech" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon's resignation speech">announces his resignation</a> from the office of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> effective noon the next day.