sep 27, 1975 - Watergate Scandal

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Richard Nixon, a Republican, was tied to a crime in which former FBI and CIA agents broke into the offices of the Democratic Party and George McGovern

Listened to phone lines and secret papers were stolen.

Led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon

Watergate added further disappointment to a national climate already soured by the difficulties and losses of the previous decade

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