Event

Watergate scandal

1972–1974 · 20th century

The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States that began with a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington in June 1972 by men linked to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign. Nixon's part in the cover-up, revealed by secret tape recordings, led him to resign in August 1974 to avoid impeachment.

Watergate scandal
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