October 1972 - October 10, 1972 (Tuesday)

October 10, 1972 (Tuesday)

• With the headline "FBI Finds Nixon Aides Sabotaged Democrats", the Washington Post carried Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's revelation that the Watergate break-in was not an isolated incident, but part of a campaign by the White House. "The activities, according to information in FBI and Department of Justice files, were aimed at all the major Democratic presidential contenders", the investigative reporters noted, "and—since 1971—represented a basic strategy of the Nixon re-election effort."
• John Betjeman was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
• Born: Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter, in Makati City