George Wallace’s presidential campaign came to an abrupt halt on May 15, 1972, when he was shot five times by Arthur Bremer while campaigning at the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel, Maryland, at a time when…

Nike’s first model In 1972, the first line of Nike footwear is introduced, including the so-called “Moon Shoes” and the Nike “Cortez”, that became the company’s most popular product. The first…

Gene Cernan Last man to walk on the moon. He was on Apollo 17 in December 1972.

Everyone wanted to play games on the TV at home Atari PONG was released in June 1972 and is the first commercially successful video game and is based on a…