page_title: January 1972
section_title: January 31, 1972 (Monday)
hierarchical_section_title: January 1972 / January 31, 1972 (Monday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah in Coronation, 1955
context_page_description: The following events occurred in January 1972:
context_section_description: The Federal Aviation Administration issued new regulations, requiring all United States airlines to screen passengers (and their carry on baggage) for weapons before boarding, with a deadline of May 8, 1972, for compliance.  There were no hijackings in the United States in 1973.
  Karl Schranz of Austria, the 1970 alpine skiing champion in the giant slalom, was barred three days before the 1972 Winter Olympics were to begin, by a 28–14 vote by the International Olympic Committee.  Schranz was among 40 skiers accused of violating amateur rules by accepting endorsement money from ski equipment companies, and the only skier to be banned.
  Died: King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal, who had worked to end the isolation of his Himalayan kingdom, died in Kathmandu at 51.  He was succeeded by his son, Birendra.
caption: King Mahendra
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