Video: April 7, 1972 (at 9:30)
(Friday, April 7, 1972) — Mobster Joe Gallo was shot to death early this morning by rival gangsters during his 43rd birthday celebration at a New York City restaurant. Continue reading Mobster Joe Gallo murdered by rival gangsters 40 years ago this morning (1972)
(Saturday, March 25, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Endora tries to test out Darrin’s honesty by giving him a pin with a spell that makes him tell the truth, concluding the eighth and final season of the ABC-TV situation comedy series Bewitched.
Video: 'TV or Not TV' (part 1)
(Friday, March 24, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Fred wants a new color television set and Lamont wants a new car on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Continue reading ‘TV or Not TV’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
(Saturday, March 18, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — John is convinced that weird things will happen on their shift on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV series Emergency!.
Video: 14th Grammy Awards (Album of the Year)
(Tuesday, March 14, 1972) — Carole King won the Album of the Year for Tapestry, Record of the Year for It’s Too Late and Song of the Year for You’ve Got A Friend at the 14th Grammy Awards at Felt Forum in New York City. She also won a fourth Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for Tapestry. Continue reading Carole King tops Grammy winners 40 years ago tonight (1972)
(Saturday, March 4, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Tabitha has to take a test to prove her intelligence and is very nervous on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV situation comedy series Bewitched.
(Wednesday, March 1, 1972, 10:00 p.m. ET) — A bored colonial on a Malaysian plantation employs an exotic accomplice–an earwig–in his gruesome plot to assassinate a romantic rival on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV anthology series Night Gallery.
(Wednesday, March 1, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Malloy and Reed try to curb a chronic street racing problem by befriending the club leaders and working with a racing promoter to open a legitimate drag strip on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: Shanghai Communique comes together (at 3:44)
(Sunday, February 27, 1972, 9:12 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon departed China this morning (10:12 a.m. local time, Feb. 28, 1972) with a goodbye wave from a solemn Premier Chou En-lai in his gray tunic. Nixon and his wife Pat spent a week in China, an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Video: Shanghai Communique comes together (at 0:13)
(Sunday, February 27, 1972) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon’s historic visit to China, a step toward the eventual normalization of relations between the two countries.
