Nostalgia
1972

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
THE GODFATHER
Actor
Marlon Brando
THE GODFATHER
Actress
Liza Minnelli
CABARET

Top 25 Songs
1	AMERICAN PIE
		Don McLean  UA
2	THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
		Roberta Flack  Atlantic
3	ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)
		Gilbert O'Sullivan  MAM
4	WITHOUT YOU
		Nilsson  RCA
5	I GOTCHA
		Joe Tex  Dial
6	LET'S STAY TOGETHER
		Al Green  Hi
7	THE CANDY MAN
		Sammy Davis, Jr.  MGM
8	I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
		Johnny Nash  Epic
9	A HORSE WITH NO NAME
		America  Warner Bros
10	ME AND MRS. JONES
		Billy Paul  PIR
11	BRANDY (YOU,RE A FINE GIRL)
		Looking Glass  Epic
12	BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME
		Mac Davis  Columbia
13	LEAN ON ME
		Bill Withers  Sussex
14	NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
		The Moody Blues  Deram
15	I AM WOMAN
		Helen Reddy  Capitol
16 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
	The Staple Singers  Stax
17	CLAIR
		Gilbert O'Sullivan  MAM
18	HEART OF GOLD
		Neil Young  Reprise
19	OH GIRL
		The Chi-Lites  Brunswick
20	SCORPIO
		Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band  Sussex
21	BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW
		The Stylistics  Avco
22	(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT
		Luther Ingram  KoKo
23	THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
		Robert John  Atlantic
24	TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW
		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose  UA
25	DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST
		Wayne Newton  Chelsea

World Series Champion
Oakland 4, Cincinnati 3

National Football League Champion
Dallas defeated Miami 24-3 in Super Bowl VI at New Orleans, January 16. 

National Basketball League Champion
1971-72    Los Angeles Lakers over the New York Knicks    4-1

National Hockey League Champion
Boston Bruins

Heavyweight Champion
15 Jan 72   Joe Frazier w.rsf.4 Terry Daniels at New Orleans
25 May 72   Joe Frazier w.rsf.4 Ron Stander at Omaha

President/Vice President
Republican,1969-1974, Richard Milhous Nixon/Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973), 

News Events
President Nixon approves NASA's space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft,  at a cost of $5.5 billion. 
President Nixon arrives in China for an 8-day visit to China, which he calls a "journey for peace." 
While campaigning for the presidency in Laurel, MD, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot and seriously wounded. 
Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee. 
Hurricane "Agnes" strikes the East Coast causing 117 deaths.