Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns, October 10, 1973
He was accused of taking bribes and kickbacks from contractors during his time as governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969, a practice that continued when he assumed the vice presidency in 1969. Agnew was ultimately accused of tax evasion, conspiracy, bribery, and tax fraud. However, he plea-bargained those charges down to just one: income tax evasion, to which he pleaded no contest. The terms of this deal included three years’ probation and resignation from the office of vice president of the United States. Agnew never spoke to Richard Nixon again after he left office.