W. Mark Felt is a former agent and top official of the United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation. After 30 years of denials, Felt
revealed himself in May 2005 to be the Watergate scandal informant
called "Deep Throat." During the early investigation of the Watergate
scandal (1972–74), Felt was the Bureau's Associate Director, the
second-ranking post in the FBI. While Associate Director, Felt
provided Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads on
the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard M.
Nixon in 1974. In 1980, Felt was convicted of violating the civil
rights of people thought to be associated with the Weather Underground
by ordering FBI agents to burglarize their homes. On May 31, 2005,
Felt was revealed to have been "Deep Throat". His identity as
Woodward's informant was a secret for three decades and had been the
source of much speculation in American political and popular culture.
Felt resides in Santa Rosa, California and has completed an update of
his 1979 autobiography which provides information on his past as "Deep
Throat."
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1198:
Lotario de Conti became Pope Innocent III. His first act was the
restoration of the papal power in Rome.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III)
1815:
Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans two weeks
after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans)
1889:
Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electric tabulating
machine.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith)
1989:
British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the embankment of the M1
motorway in the Kegworth air disaster.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegworth_air_disaster)
2004:
RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, was
christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We
learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking)