What Happened in Jun 1972

Aretha Franklin Releases "Amazing Grace"

Amazing Grace is a 1972 album by R&B/gospel legend Aretha Franklin. The song "Amazing Grace" was recorded Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist... Read more

Alice Cooper releases School's Out

School's Out is the fifth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1972. The album's title track has remained a staple song in Alice Cooper's live... Read more

"Do Ya (The Move Song)" Is Released

"Do Ya" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and recorded by The Move, that became a hit for the Electric Light Orchestra (led by Jeff Lynne, ELO... Read more

Pink Floyd releases Obscured by Clouds

Obscured by Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the... Read more

Dodger's retire Jackie Robinson's number, along with those of Roy Campanella and Sandy Koufax

The date was June 4, 1972, when the Dodgers held a pregame ceremony to retire the first three numbers in team history -- Robinson's No. 42, Roy... Read more

David Bowie releases The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust or simply Ziggy) is a 1972 concept album by... Read more

Black Hills Flood

On June 9-10, 1972, extremely heavy rains over the eastern Black Hills of South Dakota produced record floods on Rapid Creek and other streams in... Read more

Top-Secret Navy SEAL POW Rescue Mission, Operation Thunderbird, is Called Off After Failing to Succeed

Operation Thunderhead was a highly classified combat mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)-11 in 1972.... Read more

United States DDT Ban Takes Effect

An end to the continued domestic usage of the pesticide was decreed on June 14, 1972, when William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the... Read more

Jack Nicklaus wins the 72nd U.S. Open

The 1972 U.S. Open Golf Championship was the 72nd U.S. Open played June 15-18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Jack Nicklaus... Read more

Five Men are Arrested for Trying to Bug the Watergate Complex

On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, noticed tape covering the latch on locks on several doors in the complex... Read more

The Eagles release their self-titled debut album

Eagles is the debut album by the rock band of the same name, released in 1972.The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Glyn... Read more

James McCord, Security Coordinator for President Nixon, is Named in Watergate Bugging Arrests

One of the five men arrested early Saturday in the attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters is the salaried security... Read more

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is Enacted

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, renamed in 2002 the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal... Read more

"War Song" Is Released

"War Song" is a 1972 single credited to Neil Young & Graham Nash. It was released in support of presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign,... Read more

Second Battle of Quang Tri Begins

The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) began on June 28 and lasted 81 days until September 16, 1972, when the Army of the... Read more