WHAT HAPPENED IN 1972.
Look what happened the 1972.

Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon. (11. December 1972)

Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. (13. December 1972)

Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. (14. December 1972)

Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. (18. December 1972)

Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. (19. December 1972)

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. (23. December 1972)

The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism. (23. December 1972)

Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India. (24. December 1972)

Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history. (26. December 1972)

Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, becomes the first President of North Korea. (28. December 1972)

An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101. (29. December 1972)

Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam. (30. December 1972)