1972 Headline News

Northern Ireland falls under the complete control of the British government.
Eleven Israeli Olympians are killed by Palestinian terrorists in Munich.
The U.S. withdraws from Vietnam.
Governor George Wallace is wounded in an assassination attempt.
In Kenya, Dr. Richard Leakey makes the historic finding of a humanoid skull that is over two million years-old.

Richard Nixon begins his second term, declares the first "War on Drugs," visits China, and approves space shuttle plans before the Watergate scandal emerges.


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