September 24, 1972 (Sunday)
- An F-86 fighter aircraft crashed into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour in Sacramento, killing 12 children and 11 adults. The store, located across a highway from the edge of an airport runway, had at least 100 people inside at the time.
- Japan's Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka arrived in Beijing, where he was welcomed by China's Premier, Zhou Enlai.
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