> CHRONOLOGY

1968

  • Republican Richard Nixon elected president.

1969

  • Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court.

1971

  • Nixon vetoes child care bill.

1972

  • Watergate scandal begins.

  • Nixon reelected president.

1974

  • Nixon resigns; Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president.

  • Ford pardons Nixon.

1976

  • Jimmy Carter elected president.

1978

  • Regents of University of California v. Bakke decided.