On June 17, 1972, five men broke into Democratic Party headquarters in Washington. Here are articles, photos and a quiz for a historical reminder.
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What do you know about Watergate?
On June 17, 1972, five men broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate Building. An event that changed American politics. What do you know of this event? Test your knowledge!
The scandal that marked America
Fifty years after the arrest of the Watergate “burglars”, the question seems unavoidable: can we imagine a scenario likely to lead to the resignation of a second American president? Journalist and historian Garrett Graff responds: “The shortest answer is no. »
Watergate in a nutshell
The Watergate scandal stretches from June 17, 1972 to August 9, 1974. Back in words, images and figures.
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From left to right: James McCord Jr., Virgilio Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis, Eugenio Martinez and Bernard Baker. These are the five men who broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee.
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Gordon Liddy, treasurer of President Nixon’s re-election committee.
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US President Richard Nixon
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Journalists Bob Woodward, right, and Carl Bernstein, who broke the Watergate scandal.
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Richard Nixon, movie character
Since All the President’s Men in 1976 and up to the TV series Gaslit this spring, Nixon was the subject, direct or indirect, of about fifteen films, fictions and documentaries, according to a review by The Press. Overall, his dark side emerges. But have we seen the full fabric of man? Overview provided by André Duchesne
The day Alain Stanké shook the planet book
September 1976. The 28e edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair is coming to an end. In a hotel in the city, John GH Halstead, Canadian Ambassador to Bonn, West Germany, meets the members of the Canadian delegation and announces to them that the publisher Alain Stanké will publish the memoirs of Richard Nixon. In French. In the whole world.