• Source: 1972 in Rhodesia

      • The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.


      Incumbents


      President: Clifford Dupont
      Prime Minister: Ian Smith


      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


      September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner


      References

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