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Washington Burglars

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

2Records
1972–1973Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1972

Richard Milhous Nixon1 August 1972

Politics / Watergate

A $25,000 cashier's check, apparently earmarked for the Nixon campaign, wound up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar, The Washington Post reports.

1973

Richard Milhous Nixon30 January 1973

Politics / Watergate

Former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident. Five other men plead guilty, but mysteries remain.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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