December 10, 1972 (Sunday)
- In Japan's parliamentary election, the Liberal Democratic Party won again, losing 24 seats but retaining 271 of the 491 in the lower house of the Diet.
- Amnesty International launched its first worldwide Campaign for the Abolition of Torture.
- Richard Fliehr made his professional wrestling debut in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, under the name of Ric Flair.
- The American League adopted the designated hitter rule, initially on a three-year trial.
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“For I have lost the race I never ran,
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