October 28, 1972 (Saturday)
- The Airbus A300, first airliner built by the Airbus company, flew for the first time, in France.
- North Yemen (the Yemen Arab Republic) and South Yemen (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) signed an agreement in Egypt to end fighting between the two nations and to eventually unite. Union would take place in 1990.
- Born: Terrell Davis, American NFL player, in San Diego
- Died: Mitchell Leisen, 74, American film director
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“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)