What was ‘Watergate’?
At 2.30am on 17 June 1972, five burglars were discovered in the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, about a mile from the White House. The break-in, which took place five months before the US presidential election, sparked a series of events that changed the course of the country’s history.
THE FALLEN PRESIDENT The day’s papers signal Nixon’s imminent resignation ABOVE:
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