© Provided by Mental Floss The Watergate scandal kicked off on June 17, 1972, when —Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio MartĂnez, and Frank Sturgis—were arrested during a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters located inside Washington, D.
Nixon beat Democrat George McGovern handily, but he resigned two years later in disgrace.
Since Watergate, he has since written 18 books on American politics, 12 of which topped best-seller lists.