This Day in History: First Watergate Break-in

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May 28, 1972

At the behest of G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, James W. McCord and his team of burglars prepared for their first Watergate break-in, which began on May 28. Two phones inside the DNC headquarters' offices were said to have been wiretapped.

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It was on this day in 1971, when the little remembered
first #WaterGate break-in happened. The burglars weren't caught as they bugged the phones of staffers at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. Almost 3 weeks later, they returned... and were arrested.

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

[DonaldsRump]

2. 1972! not 1971 n/t

[LeftInTX]

3. I think da year is wrong

It was 1972...

Sorry...low on coffee and I was like, "Did this happen in 1971 also?"

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4. Typo corrected. It was 1972

[abqtommy]

5. Remember that "ratfucking" is a term that was developed and first used by members of

Nixon's "team" in the White house...