The Watergate Scandal Breaks (1973)
The ’70s was a decade of maturity for America, as many citizens realized for the first time that their government can’t be trusted to do the right thing. The Watergate scandal gave birth to a wave of cynicism and more careful scrutiny of presidential behavior. This photo, taken of journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on April 29, 1973, shows the pair as they put together the story that exposed President Richard Nixon’s illegal actions.