What was the top news story of 1972?
Sarah Oconnor
Updated on March 01, 2026
1972 This year is marked as a black year in history due to the use of terrorism entering sport with the massacre of 11 Israel Athletes by Arab Gunman. Also this is the beginning of the biggest political scandal in modern times and the start of the Watergate Scandal.
What happened in 1972 in the UK?
July. 1 July – The first official gay pride march in London was held. 21 July – Bloody Friday: Nine people died and over a hundred were injured in a series of IRA explosions in Belfast city centre. 28 July – A strike by thousands of dockers led to the government announcing a state of emergency on 4 August.
What was the number one song in November 1972?
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| November 4 | “Nights in White Satin” | The Moody Blues |
| November 11 | “Burning Love” | Elvis Presley |
| November 18 | “I Can See Clearly Now” | Johnny Nash |
| November 25 | “I’ll Be Around” | The Spinners |
What happened on June 17th 1972?
June 17, 1972 (Saturday) The attempt by President Nixon to prevent the FBI from investigating the break-in would unravel his presidency. Nine firefighters were killed in a fire at the Hotel Vendome in Boston.
What was the number one film in 1972?
The Godfather
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather | Paramount |
| 2 | The Poseidon Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| 3 | What’s Up, Doc? | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Deliverance |
Who was president in April 1972?
April 10, 1972 (Monday) United States President Richard Nixon and Soviet head of state Nikolai Podgorny signed the Biological Weapons Convention, in their respective capitals of Washington and Moscow.
What were the events of 1972?
Munich Olympics Terrorist Attack.
What happened on May 10, 1972?
May 10, 1972 (Wednesday) As the next phase of Operation Linebacker began, American warplanes downed eleven North Vietnamese MiG fighters, as air strikes within North Vietnam continued. three MiG-17s were shot down that day by future Congressman Duke Cunningham, and four MiG-21s by other pilots.
What happened in 1972?
What happened in 1972 Major News Stories include Munich Olympics Terrorist Attack, Mark Spitz 7 gold medals, Digital Watches are introduced, Governor George Wallace is shot, First scientific hand-held calculator, Atari release PONG , Antiwar demonstrations draw 100,000, Cod War , Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday Northern Ireland, Watergate Scandal,
What we did in 1972?
worker/Shutterstock In 1972, Richard Nixon was president, Eugene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon, and The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture. But perhaps most notably, 1972 was the longest year in the history of recorded time, outlasting other years by a whopping two seconds.
