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  1. 2 days ago · The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. It originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee ...

  2. Apr 27, 2024 · The cover of the New York Post on April 30, 1974 — the day after the the Watergate Tapes were first released. The Nixon administration thus became the best-documented regime in human history ...

  3. Apr 28, 2024 · “We started working before we were airborne.” President Richard M. Nixon points to the transcripts of the White House tapes after he announced during a nationally televised speech on April 29 ...

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  5. May 3, 2024 · Watergate made two little-known reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, into celebrities. As a result, in the 1980s James Fallows allegedly coined the term "celebrity journalist," signifying ...

  6. May 8, 2024 · Rose Mary Woods: The longtime and loyal Nixon personal secretary, Woods took the blame for inadvertently erasing 18 1/2 minutes from a tape of a key Nixon phone conversation. Ronald Ziegler: Ziegler was President Nixon's White House press secretary. Fiercely loyal to his boss, he initially referred to the Watergate break-in as a "third-rate ...

  7. May 10, 2024 · E. Howard Hunt (born October 9, 1918, Hamburg, New York, U.S.—died January 23, 2007, Miami, Florida, U.S.) was an American intelligence operative who was best known for his seminal role in the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon.

  8. Apr 25, 2024 · In the early 1970s, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the connection between an attempted burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters and President Richard M. Nixon’s administration. Their work was aided by “Deep Throat,” their anonymous source nicknamed after a popular pornographic film but later revealed to be W. Mark Felt,