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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.

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From top to bottom, left to right: the Watergate scandal begins with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, leading to a major U.S. political crisis; U.S. President Richard Nixon makes a historic visit to China, opening diplomatic relations between the two nations; the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are marred by the Munich massacre as terrorists attack Israeli athletes; Apollo 17 launches as the final mission of the Apollo program, marking humanity’s last crewed Moon landing of the 20th century; Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland sees British troops shoot unarmed protesters, intensifying the Troubles; the 1972 Iran blizzard kills thousands, becoming one of the deadliest blizzards in history; the Magnavox Odyssey is released, pioneering home video game consoles; Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes, leading to a harrowing survival story; and the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake devastates Managua, killing thousands and leaving much of the city in ruins.
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Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.[1] (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908).[2]

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Lilian Thuram
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Sakis Rouvas
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