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  1. Oct 9, 2018 · The Watergate Scandal: A Timeline. Trace the milestones of a scandal that rocked the nation. By: History Staff. Updated: June 29, 2023 | Original: October 9, 2018. copy page link. Print Page....

  2. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Watergate scandal was a series of interlocking political scandals of the U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's administration. The scandal included a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972, and subsequent cover-up by ...

  3. Watergate scandal, (1972–74) Political scandal involving illegal activities by Pres. Richard Nixon ’s administration. In June 1972 five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party’s national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C.

  4. Aug 7, 2014 · So what did Nixon do exactly that made Watergate so infamous — and how did the scandal itself come about? Everyone knows that Watergate had something to do with a break-in at the...

  5. May 10, 2018 · 1970s. How ‘Deep Throat’ Took Down Nixon From Inside the FBI. Former FBI deputy director William Mark Felt broke his 30-year silence and confirmed in 2005 that he was “Deep Throat,” the anonymous...

  6. During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself.

  7. Jun 14, 2022 · Police arrested five burglars inside Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. Within a day, their ties to President Richard M. Nixons re-election campaign emerged and thus began the slow unraveling of Nixons presidency known as Watergate.

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