1972

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/05/1972	POLITICAL	Nixon begins development of space shuttle
01/16/1972	SOCIAL	Dallas Cowboys defeat Miami Dolphins, 24 to 3 in order to win Super bowl VI in New Orleans, Louisiana.
01/25/1972	SOCIAL	Shirley Chisholm, the first African American Congresswoman, announces her candidacy for President.
02/01/1972	TECHNOLOGY	The first scientific hand-held calculator is introduced, at a price of $795.00
02/21/1972	POLITICAL	Nixon arrives in Beijing, China(8 day visit)
02/25/1972	SOCIAL	Paul McCartney releases “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” single
02/29/1972	SOCIAL	Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year.
03/03/1972	POLITICAL	Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewell Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia.
03/04/1972	POLITICAL	Libya and the U.S.S.R. sign cooperation treaty
03/31/1972	SOCIAL	Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
04/10/1972	POLITICAL	Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention opened for signature, the world's first multilateral disarmament treaty banning production and use of an entire category of weapons.
04/16/1972	POLITICAL	U.S. planes bomb Haiphong and Hanoi
05/02/1972	POLITICAL	FBI director J. Edgar Hoover dies at Washington, D.C
05/11/1972	SOCIAL	Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2.
05/15/1972	SOCIAL	Arthur Bremer attempts to assassinate US Presidential candidate George Wallace. Wallace survived, partial to being paralyzed and being confined to a wheel chair for life.
05/22/1972	POLITICAL	Nixon arrives in Moscow
06/17/1972	POLITICAL	Watergate Scandal. Five White House reps were arrested.
08/26/1972	SOCIAL	Olympics opening ceremony is held for the XXth Olympiad in Munich, West Germany.
09/10/1972	SOCIAL	The Soviet Union defeats the US in Olympic basketball. Marks the first international defeat for a US basketball team.
11/07/1972	POLITICAL	Nixon takes second term
12/23/1972	SOCIAL	In an NFL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, Steelers quarterback, Terry Bradshaw completes the “Immaculate Reception” pass to Steelers running back Franco Harris.