Frank Wills, a night watchman at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., was making his rounds on June 17, 1972, when he noticed a piece of tape on a door.

The break-in and subsequent cover-up forever changed American politics, and “Watergate” became a synonym for government corruption.The crime is still referenced in today’s political ...

Buried in the latest batch of released files on the assassination JFK were fresh details about what one of the infamous Watergate burglars was up to in the mid-1960s. Primary Menu Sections.

It has now been disclosed – through the President's statement of Aug. 5, 1974 – that on June 23, six days after the Watergate break-in, Nixon learned from his White House chief of staff, H.R ...

Though not reported on the Washington Post’s police blotter on June 17, five burglars, dressed in suits but wearing surgical gloves, would be arrested at the Watergate complex in Foggy Bottom by three ...

On June 17, 1972, a band of five burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate Complex in D.C., after a failed attempt at wiretapping.

On June 18, 1972, The Washington Post ran this front-page story on a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices — the first story about what would become the Watergate scandal.

The burglary took place "on a night when we were supposed to be away from home, and because of the illness of one of my children, we stayed home," explains Rather, 91. "In the middle of the night ...

A burglary occurred in Washington last week in the 2600 block of Virginia Avenue NW, the same block as one of the most famous burglaries in U.S. history. But rather than another Watergate break-in ...

Some of the Watergate burglary suspects stand with their attorney in January 1973. From left are Gonzalez, Sturgis, attorney Henry Rothblatt, Barker and Martinez.

Their mission was to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, bug the room and photograph documents. If everything had gone as planned, no one would have ever known.