Historical Events In 1972

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

Mar 12 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons

Mar 06 Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes

Mar 15 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle

Mar 17 Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK

Mar 27 Venera 8 launched to Venus

Mar 20 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche

Mar 30 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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