Spiro T. Agnew resigned as vice president of the United States on Oct. 10, 1973, after pleading no contest to a federal ...

There are 82 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal ...

October 10, 1973, Spiro Agnew resigned from his position as Vice President of the United States. That same day, he plead no contest to charges of federal income tax evasion in exchange for charges of ...

Spiro Agnew pushed the limits. He was deliberately outrageous, he defended his over-the-top rhetoric during that campaign by saying that he never hit first, he just hit back. He told reporters, “I ...