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Timeline: 1972-1976

October 5, 1972: Politicos Martin H. Peretz, Daniel P. Monyihan and Richard Goodwin meet to discuss the issues of the 1972 presidential campaign between Richard Nixon and George McGovern at South House.

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October 12, 1972: George McGovern defends his plan for peace in Vietnam to over 6,000 people at the Armory in Boston. The same day, the U.S. mistakenly hits the French embassy in Hanoi.

October 27, 1972: Riots erupt in an East Cambridge housing development to protest the death of 17-year-old Lawrence P. Largey who died while in policy custody a few hours after being arrested.

November 3, 1972: The Committee on Undergraduate Education starts to request evaluations of its most popular courses.

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