WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1972
Find out what all happened February to June 1972

Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué. (28. February 1972)

The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland. (24. March 1972)

Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. (22. April 1972)

Italian publisher and former partisan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed by an explosion near Segrate. (14. March 1972)

The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador. (16. June 1972)

Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. (15. February 1972)

Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. (13. May 1972)

The Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126. (11. June 1972)

In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. (22. March 1972)

Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. (5. February 1972)

Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. (1. February 1972)

The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. (26. February 1972)

The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. (2. February 1972)

The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation". (4. May 1972)

The fast food restaurant chain Popeyes is founded in Arabi, Louisiana. (12. June 1972)

First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history. (11. April 1972)

The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. (2. March 1972)

The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. (21. February 1972)

The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province. (1. March 1972)

Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. (17. June 1972)