1972 жылғы наурыз айының оқиғалары

Month of 1972

The following events occurred in March 1972:

The Buffalo River in Arkansas became the first American river to become part of the protected National Wild and Scenic Rivers program. Juan María Bordaberry was inaugurated as the newly elected President of Uruguay, and soon assumed dictatorial power, including the operation of the nation's courts by the military under his command.

Pioneer 10 was launched from the Cape Kennedy at 8:49 p. m. Bearing a 6 by 9 inch gold anodized plaque that contained a message for alien civilizations, the American probe attained a record speed of more than 30,000 m. p. h. on its way to the planet Jupiter, which it would reach on December 3, 1973. Pioneer 10 became, on June 13, 1983, the first man made object to depart the Solar System, moving toward the star Aldebaran. The last transmissions from Pioneer 10 were received on March 31, 1997, and the last signal was received on January 22, 2003. Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced in the House of Commons that the Government of the UK would no longer use the "five techniques" of torture in the interrogation of prisoners. Heath's decision came on the same day as the publication of the "Parker Report" from a committee of inquiry chaired by Hubert Parker, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, finding the techniques to be illegal and immoral. The five techniques were wall standing (prolonged standing in a stress position, hooding to prevent sight, loud noise, sleep deprivation and deprivation of food and drink, and had been used in Northern Ireland starting on August 9, 1971 in Operation Demetrius, the mass arrest of 342 suspected Irish Republican Army members and sympathizers. The student senate at Stanford University voted, 18–4, to accept the recommendation that the school's athletic teams drop the nickname "Stanford Indians". Other college and high school teams would follow, retiring names such as Indians, Redskins, Braves, and other Native American referencing mascots. Born: Phil Watkins From Pontypool, South Wales UK, born on this day.

Prime Minister Edward Heath informed the House of Commons that the United Kingdom had renounced the use of the five techniques for deep interrogation (hooding, wall standing, subjection to noise, "relative" deprivation of food and drink, and sleep deprivation).

TWA Flight 7 was half an hour into its flight from New York to Los Angeles when the airline's officials were notified that it had a time bomb on board. The plane landed back at JFK at 12:10 pm. A trained German shepherd named "Brandy" sniffed out the explosive, found in an attache case in the cockpit. With five pounds of C4, the device would have destroyed the Boeing 707, with 52 on board, in midflight at 1:00 pm. Police defused the explosive with 12 minutes to spare. Federal Express was granted an FAA Operating Certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration, permitting it to operate jet service to deliver packages.

Britain's Granada Television telecast a one hour drama by Brian Clark, called Whose Life Is It Anyway?. The videotaped story became a popular stage play in 1978 and a film in 1981. The European satellite TD 1A was launched, designed to be the first to measure the ultraviolet spectrum. The last troops from India were withdrawn from Bangladesh, whose independence they had secured from Pakistan in December. Gordie Howe's No. 9 jersey was retired by the Detroit Red Wings and Bill Russell's No. 6 was retired by the Boston Celtics.

Sterling Airways Flight 267, which was bringing Danish vacationers home from a holiday in Sri Lanka, crashed on its approach to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates. All 112 people on board were killed.

Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi of India and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh signed the Indo Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace during Gandhi's visit to Dhaka. The Immaculata University Mighty Macs won the first women's college basketball championship in the U. S., the AIAW women's basketball tournament, defeating the West Chester State College Golden Rams, 52 to 49. Both teams were from small colleges in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Theresa Shank of Immaculata was the high scorer, with 26 points in the tournament played at the Illinois State University campus in Normal, Illinois.

The 254th and last original episode of the TV series Bewitched was broadcast, ending a run that had started on September 17, 1964. The UCLA Bruins beat Florida State 81–76 to win their sixth consecutive NCAA basketball championship, their eighth overall, and their 45th consecutive victory. Following fraudulent elections in El Salvador, Colonel Benjamin Mejia led an attempted coup in order to prevent the winner, Arturo Armando Molina, from taking office as President. Despite the rebels' temporary capture of President Fidel Sánchez Hernández, the rebellion failed to attract support from other military units, and was put down the next day, after more than 100 people had been killed and over 200 wounded. The 17th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK. It was won by Luxembourg's Vicky Leandros, with "Après Toi".

Lord Carrington, Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, reached an agreement with Malta's Prime Minister, Dom Mintoff, renewing the United Kingdom's lease of military bases on the Mediterranean island for another seven years, and at triple the previous rent. After the British lease had expired in September, Mintoff had threatened to sign an agreement with the Soviet Union or with Libya. The new payment was $37,000,000 per annum. British forces would leave Malta permanently on March 31, 1979. Died: Oskar Rescher, 88, German scholar (b. 1883)

The first elections, since 1963, in the Palestinian cities of the West Bank were carried out under Israel's supervision. Voters in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya and Jericho (Ariha) went to the polls to vote for local representatives, nearly five years after previous scheduled voting had been canceled. In 1967, after the West Bank had been captured from Jordan in the Six Day War, Israeli authorities extended the terms of the Palestinian council members indefinitely. On May 2, voting would be held for councils in Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron. A subspecies of ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens), found in Mexico, Arizona and Texas, was placed on the United States Endangered Species List. Barbara Jordan was elected president pro tempore of the Texas State Senate, making her the first black woman to preside over a legislative body. As third in line for succession, she served as acting governor on June 10, 1972, when the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were out of the state. Northern Ireland's Parliament, the Stormont, met for the very last time. The assembly was dissolved when Britain introduced direct rule. Chong Hong Jin, South Korea's deputy director of intelligence, secretly traveled to North Korea to arrange for closer ties between the two enemy nations.