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1972 in Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.
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Incumbents
January
- 11 January – 11 March – The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971
March
- 10 March – The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference
May
- 31 May – The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.
August
- 22 August – International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany
December
- 21 December – Guerrillas of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) attack Altena farm in Centenary area, marking an unprecedented escalation of the Rhodesian Bush War.
Births
- 29 September – Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner[1][2]
References
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