Well, that would really depend. The media's coverage at the time (It is important to remember that the Watergate Scandal happened at different times, thus different media) may have been exaggerated. One major effect of the scandal however, was that it caused President Nixon to resign from office.
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The defeat of Japan were a foregone conclusion and Japan's Navy and air force was destroyed.
Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Spanish explorer who went on a voyage to the new world in 1492