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| 1972 |
| | | Jean-Marie Le Pen founds a neo-Fascist party in France, the National Front | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Five burglars are arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate office building in Washington | |
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| 1972 |
| | | The Washington Post publishes the first report that the Watergate break-in was linked to Richard Nixon's re-election campaign | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Watergate scandal claims its first senior victims with the resignation of two of Nixon's closest advisers, Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Likud is formed in Israel as an alliance of right-wing parties | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The US Supreme Court orders President Nixon to hand over White House tapes of conversations relevant to Watergate | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The House Judiciary Committee takes the first steps in the process of impeaching President Nixon, citing obstruction of justice | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Faced by the prospect of impeachment over Watergate, President Nixon resigns | |
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| 1974 |
| | | President Ford pardons ex-president Nixon for his part in the Watergate affair, thus removing the possibility of criminal charges | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The SNP achieves a surge in Scottish nationalism, winning eleven seats at Westminster on 30% of the Scottish vote | |
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