Editing 1972 (section)

=== September ===
{{Main|September 1972}}
* [[September 1]]
** [[Bobby Fischer]] defeats [[Boris Spassky]] in a [[chess]] match in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland, becoming the first American [[World Chess Championship 1972|world chess champion]].
** The [[Cod Wars#Second Cod War (1972–1973)|Second Cod War]] begins between the United Kingdom and [[Iceland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert L. Mason|title=Imperfect Circle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhIZe54_qfEC&pg=PA77|date=November 4, 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4670-0193-9|pages=77}}</ref>
* [[September 5]]–[[September 6|6]] – [[Munich massacre]]: Eleven [[Israel]]i athletes at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]] are murdered after eight members of the Arab [[terrorism|terrorist]] group [[Black September Organization|Black September]] invade the Olympic Village; five guerillas and one policeman are also killed in a failed [[hostage]] rescue.
* [[September 10]] – Brazilian driver [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] wins the Italian Grand Prix at [[Monza]] and becomes the youngest [[Formula One]] World Champion at the age of 25.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of Sports Records, Winners & Champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0mZYAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-8069-0234-0|page=24}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] – West Germany and Poland renew diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Book Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShUMAAAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=World Book – Childcraft International|isbn=978-0-7166-0473-0|page=353}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] – [[Philippines|Philippine]] [[President of the Philippines|president]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]] announces on national television the issuance of [[Proclamation No. 1081]] placing the entire country under [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|martial law]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/146939-martial-law-explainer-victims-stories|title=Martial Law, the dark chapter in Philippine history|last=Francisco|first=Katerina|date=September 22, 2016|work=Rappler|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923155126/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/146939-martial-law-explainer-victims-stories|archive-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/|title=The Fall of the Dictatorship|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903153904/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/|archive-date=2017-09-03|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref>[[File:Martiallawjf9906 09.JPG|thumbnail|180px|right|[[September 23]]: [[Martial law]] in the [[Philippines]].]]
* [[September 24]] – An [[F-86]] fighter aircraft leaving an air show at [[Sacramento Executive Airport]] fails to become airborne and crashes into a [[Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour]], killing 12 children and 11 adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm|title=Crash at Farrell's|access-date=2008-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320003854/http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm|archive-date=March 20, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] – [[1972 Norwegian EC referendum]]: Norway rejects membership of the European Economic Community.
* [[September 28]] – The [[Canada men's national ice hockey team]] defeats the [[Soviet national ice hockey team]] in the eighth and final game of the 1972 [[Summit Series]] 6–5 to win the series 4–3–1.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|title=Foster Hewitt, 81, was voice of hockey|date=April 22, 1985|page=C1|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ikYwAAAAIBAJ&pg=2775%2C115416}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lucas|first=Dean|title=Famous Pictures Magazine – Shot Heard around the world|url=http://www.famouspictures.org/1972-canada-soviet-hockey-goal/|access-date=April 30, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Montreal Gazette|page=1|date=September 29, 1972|title=...6–5 and it's all over|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KIs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C8033183|first=Ted|last=Blackman}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[China–Japan relations]]: The Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China is signed in Beijing, which normalizes Japanese diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).