unilateral Vietnam cease-fire to start on the eve of his second inauguration. January 17 – White House sources rebuke claims of an imminent cease-fire, citing earlier statements that President Nixon would not address peace negotiations during the week. January 18 – The Florida White House announces Secretary of State Kissinger will return to the Paris peace talks for a completion of "the text of an agreement". January 19 – Defense Secretary Laird says he cannot confirm the use of a cease-fire being effective in ending the Southeast Asia conflict during a Pentagon press conference. Press Secretary Ziegler states President Nixon will have more press conference beginning with his second term. January 20 – Nixon is sworn into his second term as President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. January 22 – Former President Lyndon B. Johnson dies January 27 – Paris Peace Accords June 22 – Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War July 18 – The White House Taping system is disconnected for the final time, after its public revelation in testimony by White House Aide Alexander Butterfield October 6 – The Yom Kippur War begins, which sparked the 1973 oil crisis, leading to the 1970s energy crisis. October 10 – Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President. October 12 – Nixon nominates House minority leader Gerald Ford for Vice President. November 5 – The term "Shuttle diplomacy" is first used to describe the efforts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to facilitate the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War. December 4–5 – President of Romania Nicolae Ceausescu meets with President Nixon for discussions on the development of economic relations between Romania and the United States. December 4 – President Nixon delivers an address in a formal welcome of President Ceausescu to the White House on the South Lawn during the morning. December 6 – Following congressional approval, Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 40th vice president of the United States. President Nixon signs H.R. 9474, a veterans disability and death pension bill, during an Oval Office ceremony. 1974 See also Timeline of the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency, for his predecessor Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency, for his successor References External links Miller Center Nixon Presidential Timeline 1969 in the United States 1970 in the United States 1971 in the United States 1972 in the United States 1973 in the