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

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.