Witnessing history: The opening day of John Dean's testimony before the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee 52 years ago today

Two college buddies attended the Watergate hearings on June 25, 1973

52 years ago today—on June 25, 1973, and fresh out of the University of Akron—my long-time friend, the very cool rocker, Bob Corlett, (sporting the beard and the shades), and I, (the stiff with the tie and folded arms), witnessed history from the back wall of the main hearing room of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill as former White Hou…