WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1972
Find out what all happened May to September 1972

The Troubles: Bloody Friday – the Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing 9 and injuring 130. (21. July 1972)

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games. (4. September 1972)

Willandra National Park is established in Australia. (26. May 1972)

Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces. (24. July 1972)

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service. (11. September 1972)

The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy. (31. July 1972)

An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156. (14. August 1972)

In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion. (1. September 1972)

The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. (11. July 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)

The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (3. August 1972)

Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. (22. August 1972)

The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre. (9. July 1972)

A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat. (19. September 1972)

Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China. (29. September 1972)

A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport. (15. September 1972)

In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. (16. August 1972)

In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President. (15. May 1972)

In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community. (25. September 1972)

The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (26. May 1972)