The Water Gate Scandal:
The watergate scandal was a political scandal that happened in the 1970's. This is one of the reasons that people believe that Nixon resigned from his position. The scandal was caused by suspects breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. This was located at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C.
The robbery happened on June 17, 1972.
Frank Willis was the guard that was working at the time. The door latch had been taped shut so that it would not lock and he immediately was aware mentally that there was a burglar. He then left and when he returned the latch was taped shut yet again.
At this time he called the police. Five men were arrested and charged with attempted burglary and interception of communications.
The FBI took over the investigation. The people who had broken into the building had been apart of the group that was trying to get Nixon re-elected into office. That group was called the Committee to Re-elect the President. These men were also close the the President himself. They broke into the building to try and find out what Democratics were planning to get Nixon out of office. In the building the robbers were tapping into phone lines and taking pictures of documents.
The FBI then discover that Nixon had had conversations with his staff about the scandal and what happened. The tapes were used against the robbers. Nixon was then scared that he would be impeached so he thaught that his only way outr was to resign. He did later on August 9, 1974.
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991):
This war was between the United Nations and Iraq. It took place from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991.
It started because Iraq invaded Kuwait. Iraq have had control over Kuwait since 1990. All of the countries involved thought that it was wrong for the Iraq to be in control of Kuwait, so they tried to force them out.
On January 17 an air attack was launched. This was the first attack of the war. The air attack main purpose was to destroy the bases where being stored and made. This attack last 38 days and on February 23 they started to attack on land. Iraq surrendered 3 days after the ground attack started.
9-11 and the War on Terror- Invasion of Afghanistan:
On September 11, 2001, two jets crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. 19 Al-Quada terrorists had hijacked four commercail jets that were carrying people. Two hours after the first strike, the tower collapsed.
The third jet that was hijacked was crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The passengers on the fourth flight found out what was happening and tried to take control in hopes save themselves. It didn't work and the plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Everyone that was on all of the four planes died.
In all 2,993 people died, most of them coming from the collape of the Twin Towers. Many innocent people died in this huge tragedy.
I remember this event briefly. I was in 2nd grade and remember us kids not really knowing what was going on. I also remember going outside and lighting a candle to remember all the people who had died when the towers had fallen down.
Invasion of Iraq- 2003
In 2003 the Invasion of Iraq was started by the by the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Poland. The first invasion took place from March 20 to May 1st. The United States supplied the most troops out of all of these countries. The US had 100,000 troops in Kuwait ready for invasion. President Bush and Tony Blair, from England, said that they wanted to invade Iraq to, “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. They also wanted to take Saddam Hussein from out of power, which would in turn free the people of Iraq." Some people think that the whole reason for the invasion was that the US and Great Britain wanted to take oil from Iraq. After the first invasion 36 other countries joined in the war.
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