Timeline March 1972

Events in March 1972 5

• 1972 – 1975 John Lennon fights deportation from the US Nixon administration A three-year legal fight against the Nixon administration.
• 1972 – present Shaquille O’Neal Shaq Most physically dominant center of the modern era; 4-time NBA champion.
• 1972 Carole King wins four Grammys Album of the Year The first woman to win Song of the Year.
• 1972 The Godfather is released Coppola's crime saga becomes a landmark of American cinema Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel opened in theaters starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. It became a critical and commercial sensation and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• 1972 Direct rule imposed on Northern Ireland London suspends Stormont and takes direct control In the wake of escalating violence including Bloody Sunday, the British government prorogued the Northern Ireland Parliament at Stormont and imposed direct rule from Westminster. The move ended fifty years of devolved government in the province. Direct rule would continue, on and off, for decades.