—Givner gets word he is chosen for an internship in D.C., but at the Democratic National Headquarter offices. His duties will be assisting the Platform Preparation team readying materials for the DNC in Miami in mid-July.

—Givner flies to D.C. and joins cousin Joan for pick up at the airport then on to her home in Northwest Washington D.C. where he stays for the duration of his internship.

—Givner reports to the DNC for internship duties.

—Givner arrives at work in the morning and stays late. All others in the building are eager to start their weekend plans around 6 p.m. Givner opts to stay behind to make use of the DNC’s WATS line to call friends and family in Lorain, Ohio and West Los Angeles, California.
—around noon that day, four clumsy break-in crew members book rooms at the Watergate—rooms 214 and 314 under the orders of G. Gordon Liddy, a former ex-FBI agent and campaign member on the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP), and E. Howard Hunt who served in the same capacity.
—Liddy, Hunt, McCord; burglars Barker, Gonzalez, Sturgis and Martinez, huddle in room 214 hatching their plans for a 10 p.m. break-in at the DNC Watergate offices.

—Givner calls Carole Schneiderman, his current girlfriend. They chat the sun goes down around 8:30 p.m. Givner wonders who is in the lit rooms across the street where he now could see a smattering of windows lit up.

—McCord, Sturgis, Martinez and Gonzalez head downstairs to dine on lobster tails in the hotel’s restaurant.
—Givner hangs up about 9:15 p.m. and calls his parents in Encino, California. They talk about Bruce’s work duties and family goings on.
—Shortly after dark, Alfred Baldwin, an attorney and former ex-FBI agent was poised and ready in room 723 at the Howard Johnson’s across the street; binoculars pinned closely on the Watergate’s office building’s 6th floor waiting for the lights to go out.

—Hunt and Liddy were in route to their room at the Watergate hotel. About the same time, Baldwin puts down his binoculars and removes his earphones to take off across town to run an errand to get some speaker wire and batteries. Givner was in the middle of his call with his parents.

—Givner winds up his call with Carole and dials his parents in Encino, California. They talk about Bruce’s work duties and family goings on.
—about the same time–McCord stops by his office and then heads for the Hojo and Room 723. As he arrives, he finds it empty. Minutes later, Baldwin shows the batteries to McCord, but tells McCord he couldn’t find the speaker wire. Both he and Baldwin continue to monitor the 6th floor where the lights are still on. Givner was in the middle of his phone calls.
—Liddy and Hunt were growing restless in their Watergate hotel room as it neared 10 p.m.
—At roughly the same time, Givner can’t hold it any longer: He needs to pee! Realizing that he can’t leave the office quarters without being locked out, Givner gets up and pulls open the sliding glass door. He heads for a planter on the balcony and relives himself! Richard Ben-Veniste later claims, Givner’s choice was “The leak that rivaled deep throat.”

—after being told that the light on the 6th floor had not yet gone out, Liddy calls McCord and instructs him to call off the “go” time. Says they will have to wait until midnight when the new guard comes on duty.

—Givner zips up, returns to his desk and dials close pal, John Cronin. They have a lengthy talk. Givner explains what tasks he’ sin charge of in charge of as an intern. Givner follows that call with a call to Carol Toth—a close friend in Lorain, Ohio.

—Givner calls Carol Epstein. Approximately 20 minutes later, he dials again to chat with Howard Smith, also a Lorain friend with whom he had stayed closely connected as teens, despite Givner and Smith attending two different high schools.

—McCord heads down to the ground floor of the Hojo. Guess is that he spoke to Liddy; both men noting that the lights were still on at the DNC’s offices on the 6th floor.

—McCord leaves the Hojo about 10:50 to tape the doors at the Watergate for easy access for the pending break-in. He signs in at the reception desk; tells the guard he is there on official business. He tapes each of the B-2 and B-3 levels then climbs the stairs to address each of the stairwell doors. All the while, Givner continues to gab.

—Givner bolts down six flight of stairs rather than take the elevator. He later explains he wanted to burn off some energy. He meets up with the newly seated guard, Frank Wills, who has just called his supervisor to report tape in the door latches after he does his routine safety check. He notices Givner. He asks him to sign out. Givner laughingly refuses; quips he never signed in. The two strike up a conversation, then 10 minutes later, the two head across the street to the Hojo coffee shop. They order burgers and fries to go. Wills returns to the lobby and his desk at the Watergate. Givner jumps on his motorbike to head to his guest quarters at his cousin Joan’s house. Wills reaches out to his supervisor’s supervisor to report his earlier findings and what he suspects as additional suspicious activity.

—Liddy and Hunt depart the Hojo coffee shop and return to their “command post.” The Givner and Wills’ path likely crossed with that of Liddy and Hunt.

—the burglary team breaks in. Shortly thereafter the police make the arrests.

—Givner, who agrees to work that Saturday for a few hours, shows up at the Watergate. He is not allowed into his office space. He is questioned by the authorities. He knows nothing of a break-in.

—Givner, one of five chosen interns, serves as Staff Member at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida from July 10th through 13th.

—Givner graduates from UCLA and prepares for law school at Columbia in New York.

—Givner, along with 300 other student protesters from Columbia, travel to Washington, D.C., where they call on congresspersons to demand impeachment.
—Senator Fred Thompson and others from his office, interview Givner during his trip to Washington D.C. about his involvement in the Watergate matter.

—Many stories ran questioning Givner’s role in Watergate, yet it was the Columbia Law School News that finally pinpoints the real story: That had Givner not stayed on the phone for five hours the night of June 16, 1972, Nixon most likely would have remained president. There would never have been a “Watergate” or any other “Gate” to follow.

—Givner unveils his book, “MY WATERGATE SCANDAL TELL-ALL: How I Unwittingly Caused This Historic Event with Watergate arresting officers, John Barrett and Paul Leeper during a presser at the former DNC headquarter offices (now SAGE Publishing) on the 6th floor of the infamous Watergate building.