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First DNC Entry Attempt

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1972

George Gordon Liddy25 May 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

The intelligence operation supervised by Liddy and Hunt makes an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex.

Names involved

George Gordon Liddy

Provenance

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