Watts Riots in Los Angeles mark beginning of urban unrest. Work included in the IX Bienal in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Velvet Underground releases their first album. Has produced a total of 69 life cast sculptures since 1961. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
Demonstrations accelerate against the Vietnam War.
Rutgers University confers honorary degree. Ohio National Guard fires on students protesting Vietnam War, killing four Kent State University students. Mark Rothko commits suicide. A one-person exhibition, organized in Switzerland, tours Europe. 1972 Watergate burglary occurs.