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apr 24, 1972 - Watergate

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The Watergate scandal was when Nixon hired people to break into the Watergate office. Nixon attempted to cover the scandal by firing his appointed administrators and disconnecting all of his ties to the scandal. This caused Nixon to resign, concluded in his resignation speech of 1974 to the American public.

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apr 24, 1972
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~ 54 years ago