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  1. First Sudanese Civil War

    The Addis Ababa Agreement

    Mar, 1972Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Mediation between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), both of which spent years building up trust with the two combatants, eventually led to the Addis Ababa Agreement of March 1972 ending the conflict.

  2. Shaquille O'Neal

    Birth

    Monday Mar 6, 1972Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

    O'Neal was born on March 6, 1972, in Newark, New Jersey, to Lucille O'Neal and Joe Toney, who played high school basketball (he was an All-State guard) and was offered a basketball scholarship to play at Seton Hall.

  3. 1973 oil crisis

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"

    Saturday Mar 11, 1972Vienna, Austria

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions" against companies that "fail to comply with . . . any action taken by a Member Country in accordance with [OPEC] decisions."

  4. Marlon Brando

    The Godfather

    Tuesday Mar 14, 1972U.S.

    He was in the Godfather cast, as Don Vito Corleone

  5. First Sudanese Civil War

    The Addis Ababa Agreement

    Mar, 1972Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Mediation between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), both of which spent years building up trust with the two combatants, eventually led to the Addis Ababa Agreement of March 1972 ending the conflict.

  6. Shaquille O'Neal

    Birth

    Monday Mar 6, 1972Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

    O'Neal was born on March 6, 1972, in Newark, New Jersey, to Lucille O'Neal and Joe Toney, who played high school basketball (he was an All-State guard) and was offered a basketball scholarship to play at Seton Hall.

  7. 1973 oil crisis

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"

    Saturday Mar 11, 1972Vienna, Austria

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions" against companies that "fail to comply with . . . any action taken by a Member Country in accordance with [OPEC] decisions."

  8. Marlon Brando

    The Godfather

    Tuesday Mar 14, 1972U.S.

    He was in the Godfather cast, as Don Vito Corleone