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June 17: Five men are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex (pictured). June 3 – Sally Priesand becomes the first female rabbi in the U.S. June 4 – Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder. June 9 – The Black Hills flood kills 238 in South Dakota.
- Watergate
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- United States - Landsat 1 Launches
- Copernicus Satellite
- Space Shuttle Program Introduced
- Japan -- Xi Winter Olympics
- Space -- Pioneer 10
- United Kingdom --- Miners Strike
Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee the start of the Watergate Scandal. More Information and Timeline For The Watergate Scandal 1. 1972 2. January G. Gordon Liddy general counsel to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President proposes burglarizing and wiretapping the Demo...
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and an interim treaty after the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I) take place during May. US President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev met in Moscow to negotiate arms control between the two nations. It was the first time a US president visited t...
1. NASA launches the Landsat 1 Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) on July 23rd. 2. It was the first of several Landsat satellites which were developed with the purpose of observing and studying the Earth. 3. It was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a Delta 900 rocket. 4. The satellite transmitted over 300,000 i...
The OAO-3 Copernicus Satellite is launched More Information on Copernicus OAO-3 Satellite The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 (OAO-3), or, Copernicus satellite is launched by NASA on August 21st, 1972. The satellite was created as a joint effort in astronomical research between the United States and the United Kingdom. OAO-3 carried a UV telesc...
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is officially launched during January . President Nixon approved the program and announced its inception to the American public. The purpose of the program was to create a reusable spacecraft with the ultimate goal of reducing the cost of space exploration and making it more commonplace. The first fully functional space...
The XI Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan were held from February 3rd to the 13th of 1972. A total of 1006 athletes from 35 different countries participated in 35 events. The Soviet Union, East Germany, and Switzerland with 16, 14, and 10 respectively. These games were some of the most extravagant to date and the Japanese government spent a lot of m...
NASA launched the Pioneer 10 spacecraft on March 3rd 1972. The mission of Pioneer 10 was to become the first spacecraft to become the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and the first to visit Jupiter. Pioneer 10 successfully completed its mission when it arrived at Jupiter in December of 1973 and took the first up-close images of ...
The British government declares a state of emergencyover 47 day miners' strike More Information and Timeline For Miners Strike 1. 1972 2. January 5th National Executive Committee of the NUM reject pay rise offer from the National Coal Board, 3. January 9th Miners go on strike for the first time since 1926. 4. January 10th - February 9thMiners begin...
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1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
Historical events from year 1972. Learn about 785 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1972 or search by date or keyword.
- Beginning of the Watergate controversy – June 17, 1972. President Richard Nixon’s administration in the United States was embroiled in the Watergate controversy from 1972 to 1974, which forced Nixon to resign.
- The Munich Olympics massacre – 5 September 1972. The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack committed by eight members of the Palestinian militant group Black September during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
- The Vietnam War continues. The Pentagon Papers were disclosed to The New York Times in 1971. The Department of Defense ordered a top-secret history of American involvement in Vietnam, which revealed a long history of official lies by the American government.
- The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched into space- on March 3, 1972. The first trip to Jupiter was successfully completed by the NASA spacecraft Pioneer 10, which was launched in 1972.
Historical Events for the Year 1972. 4th January » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England. 5th January » United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program. 10th January » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after ...
Famous Divorces in 1972. Jun 26 NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (39) divorces first wife Dorothy Hoelle after nearly 2 decades of marriage. Sep 19 Canadian-American graphic artist and future actor Phil Hartman (23) divorces American artist Gretchen Lewis after 2 years of marriage. More 1972 Weddings.
