William Ruckelshaus

Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest

1973-10-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On Saturday evening, October 20, 1973, President Richard Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who had been appointed on May 18, 1973, to investigate Watergate and had refused Nixon’s “Stennis Compromise” proposal the previous …

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Nixon Creates Environmental Protection Agency Consolidating Federal Environmental Authority

1970-12-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On December 2, 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency began operations after President Richard Nixon’s Reorganization Plan No. 3 consolidated environmental programs scattered across fifteen federal agencies. The creation of EPA represented the first comprehensive federal approach to …

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