Historical Events for August 1972 - http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1972/august - 1st - 1st article exposing Watergate scandal 1st - Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header 2nd - Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London 3rd - British premier Edward Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to dock strike 3rd - Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii 3rd - U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 4th - Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace 5th - Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" 5th - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians 5th - Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a miscue 6th - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament 6th - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team) 6th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic 7th - Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn 8th - NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium 9th - Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle 9th - Widespread rioting in Northern Ireland on the anniversary of the introduction of Internment 10th - 1 million kg meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 10th - Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession 11th - "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas 11th - Two IRA members are killed when a bomb they were transporting exploded prematurely 12th - "Funny Thing Happened..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 156 perfs 12th - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 1316 performances 12th - Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings 12th - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 13th - Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last episode of "Bonanza" 13th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic 14th - 2 British soldiers are killed by an IRA booby trap bomb in Belfast 14th - A Catholic civilian is shot dead during an IRA attack on a British Army patrol in Belfast 16th - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich 16th - Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at 16th - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches 16th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 17th - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game 18th - Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney ś800 in Sweden cannabis possession 20th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open 20th - USSR performs underground nuclear test 21st - 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps 21st - British dock strike ends 21st - Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs 21st - Republican convention opens in Miami Beach 21st - US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched 22nd - Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies. 22nd - IRA bomb explodes prematurely - 9 people, are killed in the explosion 23rd - Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew 23rd - Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers 23rd - 4 civilians and 1 British soldier are injured in shooting incidents in North Ireland 24th - 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1 24th - Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 v Australia 24th - Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame 26th - 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR 26th - Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros 26th - NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship 26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 27th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 27th - US bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam 28th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 29th - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces 30th - John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden
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Historical Events for August 1972
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http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1972/august-
1st - First article exposing Watergate scandal
1st - Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
2nd - Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
3rd - British premier Edward Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to dock strike
3rd - Chozen-jiIntl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
3rd - U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
4th - Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace
5th - Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"
5th - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
6th - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
6th - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)
6th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic
7th - Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn
8th - NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium
9th - Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle
9th - Widespread rioting in Northern Ireland on the anniversary of the introduction of Internment
10th - 1 million kg meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
10th - Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
11th - "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
11th - Two IRA members are killed when a bomb they were transporting exploded prematurely
12th - "Funny Thing Happened..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 156 perfs
12th - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 1316 performances
12th - Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings
12th - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
13th - Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last episode of "Bonanza"
13th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
14th - 2 British soldiers are killed by an IRA booby trap bomb in Belfast
14th - A Catholic civilian is shot dead during an IRA attack on a British Army patrol in Belfast
16th - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
16th - Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at
16th - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches
16th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
17th - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
18th - Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney in Sweden cannabis possession
20th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
20th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
21st - 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
21st - British dock strike ends
21st - Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
21st - Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
21st - US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
22nd - Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies.
22nd - IRA bomb explodes prematurely - 9 people, are killed in the explosion
23rd - Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew
23rd - Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers
23rd - 4 civilians and 1 British soldier are injured in shooting incidents in North Ireland
24th - 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
24th - Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
26th - 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
26th - Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
26th - NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship
26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
27th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
27th - US bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam
28th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
29th - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces
30th - John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden