What Happened on September 4, 1972

• "The Price is Right" - US's longest running games show debuts on CBS
• 16-year-old Ulrike Meyfarth of West Germany with a world record equalling 1.92m, wins the women's high jump gold medal at the Munich Olympics; youngest winner of individual athletics event in Olympic history
• American swimmer Melissa Belote with a world record 2:19.19 takes the 200m backstroke gold medal at the Munich Olympics; wraps up backstroke double having won the 100m in Olympic record time

• American swimmer Mike Burton sets a world record 15:52.58 to win the 1,500m gold medal at the Munich Olympics
• Italian diver Klaus Dibiasi wins his 2nd of 3 consecutive 10m platform gold medals the Munich Olympics

• Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics
• Soviet sprinter Valeriy Borzov runs 20.00 to win the men's 200m gold medal at the Munich Olympics; wraps up the 100/200m double at the Games
• Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America

• USSR performs underground nuclear test
• Willem Ruska of the Netherlands wins gold medals in both the heavyweight & open class Olympic judo competitions in Munich; first judoka to win 2 Olympic gold medals at one Games

• Daniel Nestor, Canadian tennis player (Olympic gold doubles 2000; 12 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals 2007, 08, 10, 11), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Danny Ponce, American actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family), born in Waltham, Massachusetts
• Françoise Yip, Canadian actress, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia
• Lance Bangs, American filmmaker and music video director (Yeah Yeah Yeahs; The Shins; Arcade Fire), born in Sacramento, California

Holidays: Labor Day (United States), Labour Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• #1 Song: Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade