What are the major world-wide events during 1972?

The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics inMunich, West Germany, at whicheleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. read more

July – U.S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam, during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. July 1 – Ms. magazine begins publication. July 1 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms becomes independent from the IRS. July 4 – The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado. read more