October 1972 - October 30, 1972 (Monday)

October 30, 1972 (Monday)

• In the closest election for the House of Commons in Canada's history, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party had 109 seats, while Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives had 107. In Ontario (electoral district), Norman Cafik (Lib.) defeated Frank Charles McGee (PC) by a margin of only four votes (16,328 to 16,324). The New Democrats won 31 seats (two of them over the PC by margins of less than thirty votes), and the Social Credit Party (15). Trudeau was able to stay in power even without a majority.
• At 7:35 a.m., a commuter train collision in Chicago killed 45 people and about 350 others at the 27th Street Station.
• Don Rogers was signed by Crystal Palace FC, paying Swindon Town £147,000 for his services. He went on to play 83 games for Palace scoring 30 goals, including 2 in the 5-0 rout of Manchester United on 16 December 1972.