Watergate was a designation of a major U.S. scandal that began with the
burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic party's headquarters, later
engulfed President Richard M. Nixon and many of his supporters in a variety
of illegal acts and culminated in the first resignation of a U.S. president.
The burglary was committed on June 17, 1972, by five men who were
caught in the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate
apartment and office complex in Washington D.C. Their arrest eventually
uncovered a White House-sponsered plan of espionage against political
opponents and a…
