September 1972 - September 23, 1972 (Saturday)

September 23, 1972 (Saturday)

• At an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund, U.S. Treasury Secretary George P. Schultz unveiled a proposal for "SDRs"-- Special Drawing Rights-- to replace gold reserves as the asset to which the world currencies would be tied.
• Julius Erving is remembered for playing for the Philadelphia 76ers, the New York Nets and even the Virginia Squires, but his first NBA game was actually for the Atlanta Hawks, for whom he played in an exhibition against the ABA's Kentucky Colonels, in a 112–99 win in Frankfort, Kentucky. Erving played another exhibition for the NBA Hawks before returning to the ABA.
• "Moo-la the Cow" was unveiled in Stephenville, Texas, honoring the local dairy industry.
• A 15-year old boy in Waldport, Oregon, was killed, and two other people injured, after being struck by lightning. Though he was carrying a box, containing 135 sticks of dynamite, the box did not explode, contrary to some repetitions
• Thirty-one people were killed in a fire at the Oscar restaurant on the Greek island of Rhodes, after a short circuit set fire to bamboo paneling. Most of the dead were Scandinavian tourists.
• Born: Karl Pilkington, British TV and radio personality, in Manchester