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1971
· September 1 John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of U.S. Open
· September 1 Qatar declares independence from Britain
· September 1 Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
· September 2 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
· September 2 Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches
· September 2 New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
· September 3 John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return
· September 3 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary-General of NATO
· September 3 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
· September 3 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
· September 4 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
· September 5 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
· September 5 New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
· September 6 Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
· September 8 John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington D.C.
· September 9 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison
· September 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
· September 9 John Lennon releases "Imagine" album
· September 9 NHL great Gordie Howe retires
· September 10 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
· September 11 "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 343 performances
· September 11 Egypt adopts its constitution
· September 11 Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
· September 12 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76)
· September 12 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76)
· September 13 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
· September 13 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
· September 13 Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
· September 13 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
· September 13 World Hockey Association forms
· September 14 Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators, play 20 innings
· September 15 1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV
· September 16 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
· September 16 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
· September 18 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo
· September 19 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22
· September 19 2nd New York City Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
· September 21 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
· September 21 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest
· September 22 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· September 23 John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen
· September 24 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
· September 24 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
· September 24 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
· September 26 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
· September 26 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
· September 26 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
· September 27 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
· September 28 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome
· September 28 Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in
· September 28 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
· September 29 Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000
· September 29 "McMillan and Wife," debuts on NBC-TV
· September 29 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
· September 29 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
· September 29 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· September 30 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
· October 1 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO
· October 1 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
· October 2 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race
· October 3 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
· October 4 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
· October 4 KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting
· October 4 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
· October 7 T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City
· October 8 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
· October 8 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· October 9 Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
· October 9 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· October 10 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
· October 10 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
· October 10 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City
· October 10 Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962
· October 11 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
· October 11 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
· October 11 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
· October 11 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
· October 12 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 711 performances
· October 13 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
· October 13 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
· October 14 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
· October 14 John and Yoko appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
· October 16 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
· October 17 Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens
· October 17 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
· October 17 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series
· October 19 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
· October 20 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per
· October 20 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
· October 21 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda
· October 21 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 173 performances
· October 21 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· October 21 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan
· October 22 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
· October 23 WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins
· October 24 Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds)
· October 24 Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21
· October 25 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
· October 25 General Meeting of United Nations agrees to admit China PR
· October 25 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
· October 25 U.N. votes to expel Taiwan and admit Red China
· October 27 Republic of Congo-Kinshasa becomes Republic of Zaire
· October 27 Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
· October 28 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
· October 28 John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City
· October 31 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 65 performances
· November 1 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation
· November 2 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances
· November 2 Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
· November 3 "Play Misty For Me" premieres
· November 5 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
· November 5 NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
· November 6 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances
· November 6 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
· November 9 David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London
· November 9 John List kills family and moves to Colorado
· November 10 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
· November 10 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
· November 11 Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
· November 11 Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in New York City
· November 13 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
· November 15 Intel advertises 4004-processor
· November 18 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
· November 20 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· November 21 New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
· November 21 Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
· November 22 "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances
· November 23 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council
· November 23 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
· November 24 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
· November 24 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
· November 24 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey
· November 25 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
· November 25 "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
· November 27 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
· November 28 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11
· November 28 "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 587 performances
· November 29 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
· November 29 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· November 30 TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV
· December 1 "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 613 performances
· December 1 Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach
· December 1 Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in New York City
· December 1 John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
· December 1 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
· December 2 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah and Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
· December 2 Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
· December 2 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
· December 2 Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes President of UAE
· December 3 Miss Teenage America Pageant
· December 3 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
· December 5 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
· December 6 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
· December 7 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater New York City
· December 7 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
· December 9 Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
· December 10 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
· December 10 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
· December 13 John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
· December 14 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
· December 14 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· December 15 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· December 16 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
· December 16 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
· December 16 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
· December 17 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir
· December 17 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US
· December 17 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
· December 18 1st Candlelight Processional
· December 18 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
· December 18 People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic
· December 19 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)
· December 19 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances
· December 19 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
· December 19 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres
· December 20 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
· December 21 U.N. Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General
· December 22 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
· December 22 U.N. General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General
· December 22 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
· December 24 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later
· December 25 Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24
· December 25 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
· December 25 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul
· December 28 Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet
· December 30 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)
· December 30 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· December 31 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
· December 31 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1972
· January 1 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
· January 1 "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances
· January 1 International Book Year begins
· January 1 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
· January 1 "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances
· January 1 "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances
· January 2 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
· January 2 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
· January 2 Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
· January 2 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances
· January 5 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
· January 5 NASA announces development of space shuttle
· January 5 New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
· January 5 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
· January 5 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
· January 6 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
· January 6 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
· January 6 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R.
· January 7 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
· January 7 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice
· January 7 Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
· January 7 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
· January 8 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
· January 8 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
· January 9 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
· January 9 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
· January 9 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
· January 10 Los Angeles Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
· January 10 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan
· January 10 Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
· January 11 Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president and sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
· January 11 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
· January 12 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
· January 13 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
· January 14 "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
· January 14 WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
· January 14 WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
· January 14 WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
· January 15 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
· January 16 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
· January 16 Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
· January 17 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd
· January 19 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
· January 21 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
· January 21 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
· January 21 Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union
· January 21 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
· January 22 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
· January 22 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
· January 23 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
· January 23 Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
· January 23 Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
· January 23 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
· January 23 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13
· January 24 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast
· January 25 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
· January 25 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
· January 26 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
· January 28 Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
· January 29 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
· January 30 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
· January 30 Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth
· January 31 Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
· January 31 Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
· January 31 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
· January 31 U.S. launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
· February 1 1st scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35, introduced for $395
· February 1 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
· February 2 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
· February 2 Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
· February 3 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
· February 3 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· February 4 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
· February 4 Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
· February 5 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
· February 5 Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
· February 5 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage
· February 8 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame
· February 9 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
· February 10 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
· February 10 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
· February 10 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· February 13 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
· February 13 "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances
· February 13 "Grease" opens on Broadway
· February 14 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
· February 14 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
· February 15 Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager
· February 15 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos
· February 15 President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
· February 16 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
· February 16 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
· February 16 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100
· February 16 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
· February 17 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
· February 17 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China
· February 18 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
· February 18 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
· February 18 John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
· February 19 Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs. WI at Kingston
· February 20 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat New York Knicks (111-109)
· February 20 Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
· February 20 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
· February 21 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York City
· February 21 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China
· February 22 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar
· February 22 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
· February 25 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
· February 25 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
· February 26 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125
· February 27 President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
· February 28 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
· February 28 Last broadcast of "M*A*S*H" on NBC-TV
· February 28 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
· February 29 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
· February 29 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party
· March 1 Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"
· March 1 David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," premieres in New York City
· March 1 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
· March 1 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
· March 2 Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep
· March 2 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
· March 3 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
· March 4 Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000m (1:18.5)
· March 4 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom
· March 4 Libya and U.S.S.R. signs cooperation treaty
· March 5 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party
· March 6 Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
· March 6 Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes
· March 8 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
· March 8 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp
· March 9 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
· March 10 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana
· March 10 Gen Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia
· March 10 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· March 11 "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances
· March 12 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
· March 12 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
· March 14 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
· March 15 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
· March 15 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
· March 16 John and Yoko are served with deportation papers
· March 17 Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK
· March 18 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
· March 18 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
· March 18 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
· March 18 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
· March 19 Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
· March 19 India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
· March 19 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
· March 19 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances
· March 20 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
· March 20 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
· March 21 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
· March 22 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
· March 22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
· March 22 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million
· March 22 "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 5 performances
· March 22 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
· March 23 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
· March 23 New York Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
· March 24 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
· March 25 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
· March 25 America's LP "America" goes #1
· March 25 Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals
· March 25 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances
· March 25 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
· March 26 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
· March 26 Los Angeles Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13)
· March 26 "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances
· March 27 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky
· March 27 Venera 8 launched to Venus
· March 28 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
· March 28 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
· March 30 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 156 performances
· March 30 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
· March 30 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· March 31 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
· April 1 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
· April 1 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
· April 2 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win
· April 2 Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City
· April 4 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
· April 5 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
· April 5 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub
· April 6 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
· April 8 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ
· April 9 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
· April 9 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
· April 9 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances
· April 9 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty
· April 10 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
· April 10 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
· April 11 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
· April 11 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
· April 13 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
· April 14 "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 4 performances
· April 15 Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President
· April 16 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
· April 16 2 giants pandas arrive in U.S., from China
· April 16 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
· April 16 Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
· April 16 "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 4 performances
· April 17 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26
· April 17 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
· April 17 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
· April 17 Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
· April 18 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances
· April 19 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
· April 19 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances
· April 19 Hungary revises constitution
· April 19 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· April 20 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
· April 20 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
· April 21 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
· April 21 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
· April 22 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon
· April 23 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
· April 23 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
· April 23 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
· April 25 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
· April 27 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
· April 27 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
· April 28 Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race
· April 30 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
· April 30 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open
· May 1 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances
· May 1 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
· May 1 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
· May 1 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres
· May 2 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
· May 2 Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
· May 2 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 4 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam
· May 5 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
· May 6 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
· May 7 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
· May 7 Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic
· May 8 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
· May 10 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
· May 10 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 11 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash
· May 11 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
· May 11 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
· May 11 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 12 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
· May 12 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
· May 13 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan)
· May 13 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
· May 14 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton
· May 14 In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4
· May 15 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
· May 15 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
· May 15 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland
· May 15 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances
· May 15 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control
· May 16 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances
· May 16 Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet
· May 16 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale
· May 17 Netherlands and China PR exchange ambassadors
· May 17 Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London
· May 18 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
· May 18 "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV
· May 19 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 19 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
· May 20 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games to 2
· May 20 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
· May 20 "Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 24 performances
· May 20 "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances
· May 20 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
· May 21 "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 1 performance
· May 21 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
· May 21 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances
· May 22 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
· May 22 Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion
· May 22 U.S. president Nixon begins visit Moscow
· May 24 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
· May 24 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 25 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
· May 25 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 26 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
· May 26 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord
· May 26 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
· May 27 "Applause" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 900 performances
· May 27 "Jimmy Castor Bunch's Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6
· May 28 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
· May 29 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
· May 30 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport
· May 31 Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam
· June 1 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
· June 1 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
· June 1 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
· June 3 1st female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25
· June 3 "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
· June 3 Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female U.S. rabbi
· June 3 Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 | 
