Crime history – Nixon’s downfall begins with Watergate break-in

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On this day, June 17, in 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office and apartment complex in Washington.

The ensuing scandal led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation two years later.

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