Life magazine's final cover issue date (it came out the week before.) ran. The cover was "The Year in Pictures, 1972".
My father subscribed to Life, and also at one time to Look. Look really declined in its final years, Life not so much. I can recall discussion on the last issue.
Edward Lorenz proposed The Butterfly Effect in his paper "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?"
A takeover of Israel's embassy in Thailand, by Palestinian terrorists, ended after intervention by Egypt's ambassador and Thai officials. Before everyone left, they all had dinner together, including the terrorists.
Most of the last cycle of conscripts to the U.S. Army reported for induction.
The tragic crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 killed 101 of 176 on board as it went down in the Everglades.
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