1972 as a Key Year
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The year 1972 was a key one for a number of reasons. The Watergate break-in would take place in that year, though it would not be an important story until the following year. The Watergate break-in took place on June 17, 1972, at which time five men were arrested as they entered the offices of the Democratic party. They carried wiretapping and photographic equipment and also carried papers linking them to the committee to Re-elect the President. The burglars appeared to be spies collecting information about the Democrats, information which could be used to help Nixon defeat his Democratic opponent in the election. Nixon said he knew nothing about the men or the break-in. It was an election year, and in July President Nixon was beginning his campaign as the Democrats were considering various candidates who would run against him, settling finally on George McGovern. The War in Vietnam was still in the news, though it would not be a U.S. responsibility for much longer. The political situation in 1972 was still feeling the effects of the turmoil that ended the 1960s, including the violence of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, agitat
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