Timeline August 1972

Events in August 1972 8

• 1906 – 1972 Oscar Levant (1906-1972) American pianist, composer and wit, known from Information Please and An American in Paris.
• 1972 The Band release Rock of Ages Live with horns Live album from New Year's Eve 1971 with horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint.
• 1972 The O'Jays release Back Stabbers Breakthrough Their breakthrough album and single.
• 1972 US Open 1972 Men: Ilie Năstase · Women: Billie Jean King
• 1972 Idi Amin expels Ugandan Asians Dictator orders 90-day expulsion of tens of thousands Ugandan President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of the country's Asian minority, giving them ninety days to leave. Around 60,000 people, many of Indian and Pakistani descent, lost their businesses and property and fled, most resettling in Britain. The expulsion devastated Uganda's economy.
• 1972 Oscar Levant dies in Beverly Hills Oscar Levant dies aged 65.
• 1972 1972 Summer Olympics XX Olympiad - Munich Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals. Winner: Soviet Union.
• 1972 Steve Ritchie becomes a USAF ace Fifth MiG kill F-4 pilot Captain Steve Ritchie downs his fifth MiG-21, becoming the US Air Force's only pilot ace of the Vietnam War.