January 1972

Tuesday 04:

Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.

Wednesday 05:

President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.

Sunday 09:

RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).

Tuesday 11:

East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh.

Thursday 13:

Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana were ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

Friday 14:

Sanford & Son premieres on NBC.

Monday 24:

Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier, is discovered on Guam.

Sunday 30:

1980 - Australian Sitcom Kingswood Country starts on ATN-7.