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Events on Friday 1 September 1972 1
1972Second Cod War beginsIceland and Britain clash over fishing rightsIceland 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.