2012 Event Prior to a visit from U.S. President Barack Obama, Myanmar's government pardons 452 prisoners under an amnesty as a goodwill gesture 1992 Event President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger in Iran-contra affair 1989 Event President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon 1983 Event Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca) 1977 Event President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 Event President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1977 Event President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) 1974 Event President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1923 Event Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death 1077 Event Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV 1077 Event Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
