<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>: U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> fires <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White House">White House</a> Counsel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Dean">John Dean</a>; other top aides, most notably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Haldeman" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="H. R. Haldeman">H. R. Haldeman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Ehrlichman">John Ehrlichman</a>, resign.