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  • Hong Kong, China
    Thursday Nov 2, 1972
    Hong Kong independence

    Request of the People's Republic of China

    Hong Kong, China
    Thursday Nov 2, 1972

    In the last years of the 1970s into the early 1980s, the question of Hong Kong sovereignty emerged on Hong Kong's political scene as the end of the New Territories lease was approaching. Hong Kong and Macau were both removed from the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, in which territories on the list would have the right to be independent, on 2 November 1972 by request of the People's Republic of China (PRC).




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1972
    Richard Nixon

    One of The Largest Landslide Election Victories In American History

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1972

    Nixon was ahead in most polls for the entire election cycle, and was reelected on November 7, 1972 in one of the largest landslide election victories in American history. He defeated McGovern with over 60 percent of the popular vote, losing only in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.




  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 1972
    New York Stock Exchange

    Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 1972

    In 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time on November 14.




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