June 1972

Tuesday 06:

David Bowie releases the classic album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Friday 16:

Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland

Saturday 17:

Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

Friday 23:

Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

Tuesday 27:

ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.