October 1972 - October 2, 1972 (Monday)

October 2, 1972 (Monday)

• Voters in Denmark approved the Treaty of Accession in a referendum, with 63.5% voting in favor of joining the European Common Market. One week earlier, voters in neighboring Norway had rejected the treaty.
• An Aeroflot Il-18 airliner crashed at Sochi, in the Soviet Union, killing all 109 persons on board.
• The Indian State of Rajasthan launched the Antyodaya Programme, which would identify the five poorest families in each of the state's villages, and then provide government assistance for one year in the form of allotting land for cultivation, bank loans, assistance in finding employment, or a pension. The experiment was less successful in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.