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First Watergate Entry Attempt

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

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1972Date range
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Chronological records

1972

Everette Howard Hunt25 May 1972

Watergate · Politics / Watergate

Hunt and Virgilio Gonzalez took part in an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.

Names involved

Everette Howard Hunt

Provenance

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