Historical Events In 1972
Mar 19 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 points
Mar 19 Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Mar 10 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Mar 15 Assassination attempt on Governor George Wallace of Alabama
Mar 19 India &Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
Mar 19 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 performances
Mar 02 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
Mar 31 Official Beatles Fan Club closes down
Mar 15 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
Mar 30 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
Mar 06 Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
Mar 28 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Mar 12 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
Mar 04 Libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty
Mar 08 The first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
Mar 24 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
Mar 21 US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote
Mar 08 The first flight of the Goodyear blimp
Mar 01 Wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points
Mar 04 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK
Mar 02 Jean-Bédel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Central African Republic
Mar 28 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
Mar 18 People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
Mar 20 Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
Mar 30 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances
Mar 22 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
Mar 30 A very sad day in the Canadian navy, the last daily rum ration issued to Canadian naval personnel.
Mar 10 General Lon Nol becomes President &prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia
Mar 16 John &Yoko are served with deportation papers
Mar 23 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
Mar 25 America's LP "America" goes #1
Mar 03 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA
Mar 05 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party
Mar 30 Easter Offensive began in Vietnam
Mar 22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
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