On 23 June 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments, which include Title IX, a short clause that says that no person shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or discriminated against on the basis of sex in any education programme or activity that receives federal funds. Written by Congresswomen Patsy Mink and Edith Green and Senator Birch Bayh, it was aimed at admissions and employment, but its greatest effect was in school sports, where girls' participation grew from fewer than 300,000 in high school in 1972 to about 3.4 million today, and the number of women in college athletics grew many times over.
Before and after
- 30 May 1972Lod Airport massacre
- 5 June 1972Founding of United Nations Environment Programme
- from 17 June 1972 to 9 August 1974Watergate scandal
- 23 June 1972Birth of Zinedine Zidane
- 23 June 1972Title IX is signed into law in the United States
- 15 August 1972Birth of Ben Affleck
- 30 August 1972Birth of Cameron Diaz
- September 1972Munich massacre
- 1 September 1972Bobby Fischer wins the World Chess Championship
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- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
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