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July 24, 2025
Dow Jones Excedes 1,000 In One Day
In November 1972, midst optimism about the economy, the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon’s election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1000 for the first time.
Source: Wikipedia
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July 21, 2025
Home Box Office
In November 1972 Home Box Office (HBO) became the United States first cable-originated television content transmitted nationally by satellite to individual cable television systems.
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July 17, 2025
Nixon Wins Landslide Election
In November 1972 incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern and Sargent Shriver in a landslide victory.
Source: Wikipedia
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July 14, 2025
Woody Woodpecker Finale
The movie cartoon character Woody Woodpecker was created in 1940 by the Walter Lantz Studio and Universal Animation Studio. In addition to movies, the cartoons were broadcast on television in from 1957 to 1972.
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July 10, 2025
Palestinian Terrorists Attack Munich Olympics
In September 1972 the Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed eleven Israeli athletes and officials and a West German policeman,
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July 7, 2025
Last US Ground Combat Units Leave South Vietnam
In August 1972 the last American ground combat units were pulled out of South Vietnam. The 1,043-man 21st Infantry / 3rd Battalion had been assigned to the U.S. airbase at Da Nang. Air and sea operations continued and more than 40,000 U.S. servicemen remained in Vietnam.
Source: Agra.com
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July 3, 2025
Huge solar flare knocks out US communications
In August 1972 a huge solar flare caused caused widespread electric and communication-grid disturbances throughout large portions of North America, satellite disruptions and accidental detonation of U.S. naval mines near Haiphong, North Vietnam.
Source: Wikipedia
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June 30, 2025
1972 Democratic Convention
In July 1972 at the Democratic Convention in Miami Beach Senator George McGovern, who backed the immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam, was nominated for president.
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June 26, 2025
Bobby Fischer Wins World Chess Championship
In July 1972 American challenger Bobby Fischer beat the world chess champion champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Source: Wikipedia
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June 23, 2025
Watergate
In June 1972 a group associated with Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. and planted listening devices.
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