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==Major Events== | ==Major Events== | ||
The following major events took place in 1972: | The following major events took place in 1972: | ||
| + | * March - [[msr]] conceived | ||
* 9 January - RMS Queen Elizabeth burns and capsises in [[Hong Kong]] harbour. | * 9 January - RMS Queen Elizabeth burns and capsises in [[Hong Kong]] harbour. | ||
* 17 June - Watergate, five idiots arrested breaking into Democratic Party HQ. | * 17 June - Watergate, five idiots arrested breaking into Democratic Party HQ. | ||
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* 30 January - [[Bloody Sunday]]. | * 30 January - [[Bloody Sunday]]. | ||
* 22 February - [[Aldershot]] bombing. IRA murders 7 people. | * 22 February - [[Aldershot]] bombing. IRA murders 7 people. | ||
| + | * 19 July - [[The Battle of Mirbat]]. | ||
* 21 July - Bloody Friday, IRA murders 9 people and injures 130 in a series of 22 bombings. | * 21 July - Bloody Friday, IRA murders 9 people and injures 130 in a series of 22 bombings. | ||
* 1 September - Second [http://www.britains-smallwars.com/RRGP/CodWar.htm Cod War] with [[Iceland]] (or was it Bejams?). | * 1 September - Second [http://www.britains-smallwars.com/RRGP/CodWar.htm Cod War] with [[Iceland]] (or was it Bejams?). | ||
* 16 October - Rioting at Maze Prison. | * 16 October - Rioting at Maze Prison. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:34, 10 March 2011
Major Events
The following major events took place in 1972:
- March - msr conceived
- 9 January - RMS Queen Elizabeth burns and capsises in Hong Kong harbour.
- 17 June - Watergate, five idiots arrested breaking into Democratic Party HQ.
Military Events
The following military events took place in 1972:
- The Army Apprentices College were given a pressie by the good folk of Chepstow.
- 4 Regt RA start an emergency tour of Northern Ireland
- Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire return to the UK from Cyprus.
- 24 January - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi found on Guam after hiding in the jungle for 28 years.
- 30 January - Bloody Sunday.
- 22 February - Aldershot bombing. IRA murders 7 people.
- 19 July - The Battle of Mirbat.
- 21 July - Bloody Friday, IRA murders 9 people and injures 130 in a series of 22 bombings.
- 1 September - Second Cod War with Iceland (or was it Bejams?).
- 16 October - Rioting at Maze Prison.
