Watergate (TRIH ep 107, part 2)
1973 · Resource
This is the second part of a two-part Rest Is History series on the Watergate scandal. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the unraveling of Richard Nixon's presidency after the June 1972 break-in, focusing on the cover-up, the role of John Dean and the Washington Post investigations, and the crucial revelation of the Oval Office taping system by Alexander Butterfield.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1973
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)