. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Monday January 3, 1972
Welcome to Ultimate70s.com, the most thorough site on the internet dedicated to those great years of the 1970s! Remember what it was like to live through that era — or learn more about it — by checking out the events from any of the 3,652 days of the decade. No other website has this much information about the 1970s in one easy-to-use place!

Pick a date from the dropdown above or click the Random link to select a random day, then choose a topic (News, Sports, Television, etc.) and see what was happening on that date — and please tell us what you think.


This Day In 1970's History: Monday January 3, 1972
  • President Nixon's name was entered in the New Hampshire primary by former governor Lane Dwinell. Other Republican contenders in New Hampshire include representatives John Ashbrook and Pete McCloskey. Democratic candidates now include Senator Vance Hartke. Announcements are expected from Senators Edmund Muskie and Hubert Humphrey. Muskie is the first to enter the Illinois primary. [CBS]

  • North Vietnamese delegates to the Paris Peace Talks denounced U.S. air strikes over North Vietnam and called for a negotiated settlement. [CBS]

  • President Nixon predicted that Democrats would request equal time after his speech. They did, as did Rep. McCloskey. [CBS]

  • The election of Sheik Mujibur Rahman as Premier of East Pakistan led to the India-Pakistan war; Pakistani Premier Ali Bhutto released Sheik Mujibur from jail today. Bengali refugees have begun their return home from India via train. [CBS]

  • A bomb exploded in front of a Belfast department store during after-Christmas shopping, injuring 60. [CBS]
Click here for more news from this date....


  Copyright © 2014-2025. All Rights Reserved.   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us