Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
Tag: 1972
23 December 1972
The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
21 September 1972
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
5 September 1972
A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September of 1972” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the…
23 June 1972
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to…
23 December 1972
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
17 June 1972
Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration…