Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing were given to Nixon in 1972
Richard Nixon visited China and was given two giant pandas
I think that one of them was named Chi-Chi. I can't remember the name of the other one. Correction to this answer. Chi Chi died in 1972. When Edward Heath visited China in 1974, he was given a present of two pandas by the Chinese government which he donated to London Zoo. These two pandas were named Ching Ching and Chia Chia.
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Giant Bicycles was created in 1972.
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The Giant Jam Sandwich was created in 1972.
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Octopus - Gentle Giant album - was created on 1972-12-01.
In 1972, NASA started to make the first space shuttle. Also in 1972, Yogi Berra was inducted into the baseball hall of fame, the US got 2 pandas, and Angela Davis was acquitted.
it was 1972 an it was apollo 17 and that ended the apollo program