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Plumbers Unit
The White House "plumbers" unit break into a psychiatrist's office to find files on Daniel Ellsberg, a person who leaked the Pentagon Papers. -
John Mitchell
The Washington post reports a Republican party security aide is one of the Watergate burglars. John Mitchell, denies any link to the operation. -
Cashier's Check
A $25,000 cashier's check, earmarked for the Nixon campaign, ended up in the bank account of a Watergate burglar -
Break-In
FBI agents establish that the Watergate break-in stems from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted. -
Nixon Re-elected
Nixon is re-elected in one of the largest landslides in American political history, taking more than 60 percent of the vote. -
Senate
The Senate Watergate committee begins nationally televised hearings into the incidents. -
John Dean
John Dean has told Watergate investigators that he discussed the Watergate cover-up with President Nixon at least 35 times