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jun 17, 1972 - Watergate

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Members of CREEP broke into the Democratic National Convention headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, to plant listening devices. It was later discovered that the men involved in the break-in were part of Nixon's administration, and Nixon paid the men to admit to the break-in, and cover up White House involvement.

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jun 17, 1972
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~ 54 years ago