Editing 1972 (section)

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1972}}
* [[July 1]] – The Canadian ketch ''[[Greenpeace#First campaigns after Amchitka|Vega]]'', flying the [[Greenpeace]] III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper ''La Paimpolaise'' while in [[international waters]] to protest French nuclear weapon [[Moruroa|tests]] in the [[Oceania|South Pacific]].
* [[July 2]] – Following [[Pakistan]]'s surrender to India in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], both nations sign the historic [[Simla Agreement]], agreeing to settle their disputes bilaterally.
* [[July 4]] – The first [[Rainbow Gathering]] is held in [[Colorado]].
* [[July 10]] – At least 24 people have been killed by elephants crazed by heat and drought in separate incidents in the [[Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary|Chandka Forest]] of India, according to news agency reports.
* [[July 11]]
** The long anticipated [[World Chess Championship 1972|chess match]] between world champion [[Boris Spassky]] of the Soviet Union, and United States champion [[Bobby Fischer]], begins in [[Iceland]] at [[Reykjavík]].
** [[Curtis Mayfield]] releases the [[soundtrack]] to the 1972 film, ''[[Super Fly (soundtrack)|Super Fly]]''.
* [[July 10]]–[[July 14|14]] – The [[Democratic National Convention]] meets in [[Miami Beach]]. Senator [[George McGovern]], who backs the immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from [[South Vietnam]], is nominated for president. He names fellow Senator [[Thomas Eagleton]] as his running mate.
* [[July 18]] – [[Anwar Sadat]] expels 20,000 Soviet advisors from [[Egypt]].
* [[July 21]]
** [[The Troubles]]: [[Bloody Friday (1972)|Bloody Friday]] – 22 bombs planted by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] explode in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]; nine people are killed and 130 seriously injured.<ref name="CAIN1972">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch72.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict – 1972|publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=2012-05-17|archive-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305015858/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch72.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** A collision between two trains near [[Seville]], Spain, kills 76 people.
* [[July 23]] – The United States launches [[Landsat 1]], the first Earth-resources [[satellite]].
* [[July 24]] – [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] succeeds his father [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]] as King of [[Bhutan]].
* [[July 25]] – U.S. health officials admit that African-American men were used as guinea pigs in the [[Tuskegee Syphilis Study]] without their informed consent.
* [[July 27]] – The [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]] fighter aircraft makes its first flight in the United States.
* [[July 31]] – [[The Troubles]], [[Northern Ireland]]:
** [[Operation Motorman]] 4:00&nbsp;<small>AM</small>: The British Army begins to regain control of the "[[no-go area]]s" established by [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] [[paramilitary|paramilitaries]] in [[Belfast]], [[Derry]] ("[[Free Derry]]") and [[Newry]].<ref name="CAIN1972" />
** [[Claudy bombing]] ("Bloody Monday"), 10:00&nbsp;<small>AM</small>: Three [[car bombs]] in [[Claudy]], [[County Londonderry]], kill nine. It becomes public knowledge only in [[2010]] that a local [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] was an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] officer believed to be involved in the bombings but his role was covered up by the authorities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claudy bomb: conspiracy allowed IRA priest to go free|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11061296|publisher=BBC News Northern Ireland|date=August 24, 2010|access-date=2010-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825014212/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11061296|archive-date=August 25, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>