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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday.

Events

Designated International year of the book by UNESCO

January

January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of The Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million.
January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London.
January 4 - Kurt Waldheim becomes the Secretary General of the United Nations.
January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
January 7 - Iberian Airlines passenger planes crashes into an 800' peak on island of Ibiza - 104 dead.
January 9 - Howard Hughes speaks by telephone to denounce Clifford Irving's supposed biography about him.
January 9 - RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).
January 11 - East Pakistan becomes independent with the name Bangladesh.
January 14 - King Frederick IX of Denmark dies - his daughter Queen Margaret II of Denmark ascends to the throne on January 16.
January 19 - Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific, sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation, declares independence. Soon neighboring Tonga annexes the area and dismantles the platform
January 22 - Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the EEC.
January 23 - New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party - 100 dead
January 24 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam. He had spent 28 years in the jungle.
January 25 - Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to US Congress, announces her candidacy for US president.
January 26 - Yugoslavian air stewardress Vesna Vulovic is the only survivor when her plane crashes in Czechoslovakia. She survives after falling about 30,000' in the tail section of the aircraft.
January 28 - Richard Chanfray claims he is Count of St Germain on French television.
January 30 - Bloody Sunday - the British Army kills 13 unarmed Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Derry, Ireland.
January 30 - Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
January 31 - King Mahendra of Nepal dies, becoming the second king to die that month, and is succeeded by his son, Birendra.

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