Woodward and Bernstein follow the money
1972 · Event
Two young Washington Post reporters, fed by a source they call Deep Throat, tie the burglary to a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage run from the White House. For months theirs is almost the only paper on the story — while Nixon wins 49 states.
On these timelines: Watergate, USA, Master
More from Watergate
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Resignation of Richard Nixon (1974)
- Break-in at the Watergate (1972)
- The 'smoking gun' tape is released (1974)
- The Saturday Night Massacre (1973)
- Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender the tapes (1974)
- The Senate Watergate hearings open (1973)
- Butterfield reveals the White House tapes (1973)
Around 1972
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)