Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Archibald Cox; Richardson resigns - UPI Archives

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 1973 (UPI) -- President Nixon accepted Atty. Gen. Elliot L. Richardson's resignation last night and fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Atty. General William D. Ruckelshaus in a stunning collapse of his attempt at a political compromise of the Watergate controversy.

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