The Watergate scandal
The political scandal that ended the Nixon presidency.
The facts
| Dates | AD 1972 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The Watergate scandal falls 5976 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The first successful climb of Mount EverestAD 1953The launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satelliteAD 1957The assassination of Martin Luther King JrAD 1968The first human steps on the MoonAD 1969Billy Graham preaches to a million in South KoreaAD 1973The eradication of smallpoxAD 1980The first space shuttle launchAD 1981The fall of the Berlin WallAD 1989
Now see where it sits
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