1972 in Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents
[edit]January
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 10 March - The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference
May
[edit]- 31 May - The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.
August
[edit]- 22 August - International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany
December
[edit]- 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
[edit]- September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abel CHIMUKOKO". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Abel Chimukoko". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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