1972

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The Eurovision Song Contest came from the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK on Saturday 25 March.

• 18 countries took part.
• The voting system introduced in 1971 continued to be used: each country had two jurors, both of whom had to give 1-5 points to every song.
• This meant it was impossible for any country to end on nul points; assuming no country could vote for itself, the least one individual country could award to another was 2 points, and the least any country could end up with that year was 34 points (17 x 2).
• Luxembourg won with "Après Toi" sung by Vicky Leandros, scoring 128 points.
• The UK's entry "Beg, Steal Or Borrow" sung by The New Seekers, finished 2nd with 114 points.
• Malta finished last with 48 points: "L-imhabba" sung by Helen and Joseph.

The 1972 Winter Olympics (officially called XI Olympic Winter Games) were held in Sapporo, Japan from from 3 February to 13 February 1972

• A total of 35 countries took part and there were 35 events.

The 1972 Summer Olympic Games, (officially called Games of the XX Olympiad) were held in in Munich, West Germany from 26 August to 11 September 1972.

• A total of 121 countries took part and there were 195 events.

UK number one singles included:

• The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"
• Donny Osmond - "Puppy Love"
• Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"
• Little Jimmy Osmond - "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool"

Atari released the arcade game Pong (upright cabinet version).

Two Apollo missions took place:

• Apollo 16: 16 April to 27 April 1972
• Apollo 17: 7 December to 19 December 1972 (mission included most recent manned moon visit to-date).

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