Timeline September 1972

Events in September 1972 9

• 1895 – 1972 William Boyd (1895-1972) American actor who became Hopalong Cassidy in films and on early television.
• 1972 Match of the Century — Fischer vs Spassky Cold War on the chessboard Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky 12½-8½ in Reykjavik in the most watched chess match in history. The Cold War backdrop made it a global media event, bringing chess to millions of new fans worldwide.
• 1972 Match of the Century — Fischer vs Spassky Cold War on the chessboard Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky 12½-8½ in Reykjavik in the most watched chess match in history. The Cold War backdrop made it a global media event, bringing chess to millions of new fans worldwide.
• 1972 1972 Summer Olympics XX Olympiad - Munich Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals. Winner: Soviet Union.
• 1972 Peter Gabriel wears a fox's head on stage Genesis theatre His costumes become a Genesis trademark.
• 1972 Second Cod War begins Iceland and Britain clash over fishing rights Iceland extended its exclusive fishing zone to 50 nautical miles, prompting a confrontation with British trawlers and the Royal Navy. Icelandic coast guard vessels cut the nets of foreign trawlers fishing within the zone. The dispute was resolved by a 1973 agreement, though a further Cod War followed later in the decade.
• 1972 Munich massacre 11 Israeli athletes killed Palestinian terrorists took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage at the Munich Olympics. All hostages were killed during a failed rescue attempt.
• 1972 William Boyd dies in South Laguna William Boyd dies aged 77.
• 1972 Black Sabbath release Vol. 4 Recorded in Los Angeles With Changes and Supernaut.