1972 in Rhodesia
# 1972 in Rhodesia

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.

## Incumbents

* President: Clifford Dupont
* Prime Minister: Ian Smith

## January

* 11 January-11 March - The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971

## March

* 10 March - The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference

## May

* 31 May - The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.

## August

* 22 August - International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany

## December

* 21 December - Guerrillas of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) attack Altena farm in Centenary area, marking an unprecedented escalation of the Rhodesian Bush War.

## Births

* September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner
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