ABSTRACT
In 1972 “The Troubles” continued as Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday led to anti-British riots in Ireland. The Red Army Faction detonated bombs in Germany. African American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm ran for President. Nixon took his goodwill tour of China and signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Military operations continued in Vietnam; Kissinger visited South Vietnam and said, “Peace is at hand.” Jane Fonda toured North Vietnam and a photo of a Vietnamese boy burned with napalm running down the street became well-known and earned the photographer a Pulitzer Prize. At the Olympic Games in Munich, eleven members of the Israeli team were taken hostage and ultimately killed by Palestinians in what came to be known as the Munich Massacre. Congress voted to send the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. Financial derivatives were first sold on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Godfather premiered. Comedian George Carlin was arrested for obscenity. Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become world chess champion. In early June, arrests were made for the Watergate break-in that would eventually lead to Nixon’s downfall.
