1972 in Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents[]
January[]
- 11 January-11 March - The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971
March[]
- 10 March - The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference
May[]
- 31 May - The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.
August[]
- 22 August - International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany
December[]
- 21 December - Guerrillas of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) attack Altena farm in Centenary area, marking an unprecedented escalation of the Rhodesian Bush War.
Births[]
- September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner
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