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Oct 9, 2018 · Home. Topics. U.S. Presidents. 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,...
In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, a night guard at a D.C. hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted...
Jun 13, 2022 · How the Watergate scandal broke to the world: A visual timeline. By Bonnie Berkowitz. and. Dylan Moriarty. June 13, 2022. 24. When Americans woke up on June 17, 1972, they knew President...
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.
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 ...
May 30, 2017 · Critics have been quick to compare the controversy surrounding the White House and Russia to the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon to resign. But the Watergate drama took...
By Tom van der Voort. Return to Watergate home page. Nixon's 1972 campaign slogan. “It's going to be forgotten.” That was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break-in on June 20, 1972, three days after five men were apprehended for unlawfully entering Democratic National Committee headquarters.
