1. The first Test Match of New Zealand’s first tour of the West Indies ended on February 22 in a draw at Sabina Park with Jamaican Lawrence Rowe setting a record as the first batsman to score centuries in both innings on his Test debut: 214 and 100 not out.

2. On February 29, general elections were held. The People’s National Party won with 37 of the 53 seats.

3. On March 2, the Governor-General, Sir Clifford Campbell swore Michael Manley in as Jamaica’s fourth Prime Minister, at King’s House.

4. Thirteen People’s National Party senators were named to the Senate on March 17; eight Opposition (Jamaica Labour Party) senators were named on March 18. The Opposition boycotted the Opening of Parliament at Gordon House on March 21.

5. A National Bauxite Commission, under the chairmanship of Mayer Matalon, was set up on April 19 to review the conditions of Jamaica’s bauxite/alumina industry.

6. The hit movie The Harder They Come went to the big screen.

7. On June 27, Jamaica floated her dollar to retain its existing parity with the Pound Sterling.

8. The year, known for its heightening social tension and the outflowing of Reggae music from western Kingston, saw Bob Marley’s hit song Stir It Up making the air waves.

9. Jamaica competed in that year’s Summer Olympics, held in Munich, Germany. Lennox Miller represented Jamaica in the men’s 100 metre finals. He won the bronze medal.

10. On November 7, 1972 the first and only School of Physical Therapy in the English-speaking Caribbean was established. The ‘Physio School’, as it is now commonly called, is currently administered by the Faculty of Basic Medicine at the University of the West Indies, Mona.