Historical Events In 1972

Sep 12 Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war'

Sep 17 BART begins passenger service in SF

Sep 01 The O'Jays receive the first of their eventual six gold records, this one for the hit Back Stabbers.

Sep 17 "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV

Sep 26 American Museum of Immigration dedicated

Sep 06 John &Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Sep 10 Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter.

Sep 01 Bobby Fischer of the USA defeats Boris Spassky of the USSR at the international chess championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sep 10 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship

Sep 24 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22

Sep 11 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont

Sep 04 Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first person in history to win seven gold medals, winning the 400-meter relay at Munich, GVany.

Sep 10 Chicago Bears running back Gayle Sayers retires from pro football.

Sep 20 Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney's farm

Sep 28 Japan &Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations

Sep 10 US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)

Sep 05 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium

Sep 25 Norway votes not to join the European Community

Jun 07 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel

Jun 06 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London

Jun 16 Burglars caught inside the Watergate building

Jun 13 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604

Jun 09 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

Jun 04 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard

Jun 06 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)

Jun 29 USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)

Jun 08 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230

Jun 15 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die

Jun 29 Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment"

Jun 23 HS-2, HS-15, HS-74 and HS-75 came to the aid of flood stricken residents in the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Pottstown areas of Pennsylvania

Jun 23 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history

Jun 06 David Bowie releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"

Jun 23 Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports

Jun 17 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave

Jun 17 Looking Glass releases "Brandy"

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