Non-musical history for today: 1973 – President Nixon rejected an Appeals Court decision ordering him to turn over the Watergate tapes. Instead, he offered a compromise; Nixon proposed that Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis review and summarize the tapes for accuracy and report his findings to the special prosecutor’s office. The Special Counsel, Archibald Cox, said, “Uh, uh.” So, Nixon demanded that Attorney General Elliot Richardson fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned instead. Then, Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus was asked to fire Cox but also refused and resigned. Solicitor General and acting head of the Justice Department Robert Bork finally fired Cox.
Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for October 19.
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