In 1972 minimum wage was $1.60. China gave the US a gift of two Pandas, Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling. Arab terrorists struck the Olympic Games in Germany and killed 11 Israeli athletes. The 50's musical Grease opened on Broadway.
| Rock/Pop | Country |
| A Horse With No Name-America | Rocky Mountain High-John Denver |
| Take It Easy-The Eagles | Woman (Sensuous Woman)-Don Gibson |
| Precious And Few-Climax | Eleven Roses-Hamk Williams, Jr. |
| Mother And Child Reunion-Paul Simon | One's On The Way-Loretta Lynn |
| Doctor My Eyes-Jackson Browne | It's Four In The Morning-Faron Young |
| Taxi-Harry Chapin | The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA-Donna Fargo |
| Lean On Me-Bill Withers | It's Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer-Charley Pride |
| Oh Girl-The Chi-Lites | I Can't Stop Loving You-Conway Twitty |
| Rocket Man-Elton John | My Man-Tammy Wynette |
| Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)-Looking Glass | She's Got To Be A Saint-Ray Price |
| I Can See Clearly Now-Johnny Nash | When The Snow Is On The Roses-Sonny James |
| My Ding-A-Ling -Chuck Berry | I Ain't Never-Mel Tillis |
| Summer Breeze-Seals & Crofts | It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)-Merle Haggard |
| Dancing In The Moonlight-King Harvest | Do You Remember These-The Statler Brothers |
| Your Mama Don't Dance-Loggins & Messina | We Can Make It-George Jones |
Order Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1972
| Maude |
| The Wonderful World Of Disney |
| All In The Family |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| Bridget Loves Bernie |
Imagine
The Godfather
The Poseidon Adventure
Cabaret
Deliverance
*President Nixon became the first US President to visit China and
Moscow.
*President Nixon won a second term.
*Five burglars were charged with breaking into the Washington, D.C. office of the
Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex.
*In baseball the Oakland A's beat the
Cincinnati Reds 4 games to 3.
*In the NBA the LA Lakers beat the New York Knicks 4 games to 1, in the ABA the Indiana
Pacers beat the New York Nets 4 games to 2.
*In hockey it was the Boston Bruins over the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.
*The 1972-73 football season ended with the Miami Dolphins beating the Washington Redskins
14-7.
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