September 10, 1972 (Sunday)
- Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and became, at age 25, the youngest Formula One world champion.
- Frank Shorter of the United States won the marathon at the Olympic games in Munich, finishing with a time of 2:12:19.8
- The United States used its Veto Power for only the second time since the formation of the United Nations in 1945, killing a U.N. resolution that demanded a halt to Israel's reprisals against Palestinian guerillas in Syria and Lebanon.
- Born: Ghada Shouaa, Syrian Olympic gold medalist (1996, heptathlon), in Mhardeh, and Rio Tahara, Japanese snowboarder, in Nagano
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