October 20th, 1973
The Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork. event on October 20, 1973. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around October 20, 1973
| October 21st, 1973 | Event | John Paul Getty III s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn t arrive until November 8. |
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