The following events occurred in December 1972:
December 14, 1972: Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to walk on the Moon
Gough Whitlam
The Blue Marble
Image: Harry S. Truman
The following events occurred in January 1972:
January 4, 1972: HP-35 pocket calculator introduced
January 10, 1972: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is released from Pakistani prison and becomes prime minister of the new nation of Bangladesh
Mobutu Sese Seko, formerly Joseph Mobutu
U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon