Historical Events In 1972

Jun 15   75,000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas in the year 1972.  

Jun 15   Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Burglars caught inside the Watergate building on this day in history.  

Jun 17   5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave in the year 1972.  

Jun 17   In the year 1972 looking Glass releases "Brandy"  

Jun 18   BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 in the year 1972.  

Jun 20   On this day in history horst Salomon, writer, dies  

Jun 21   On this day in history seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90  

Jun 23   In the year 1972 elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54  

Jun 23   HS-2, HS-15, HS-74 and HS-75 came to the aid of flood stricken residents in the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Pottstown areas of Pennsylvania in the year 1972.  

Jun 23   On this day in history hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history  

Jun 23   In the year 1972 nixon &Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate  

Jun 23   In the year 1972 pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports  

Jun 26   David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 in the year 1972.  

Jun 29   On this day in history supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment"  

Jun 29   On this day in history uSSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)  

Jul 01   Ms. magazine begins publishing on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

Jul 03   Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jul 06   On this day in history brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash  

Jul 06   In the year 1972 brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash  

Jul 07   Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 07   Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana in the year 1972.  

Jul 09   In the year 1972 the first tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France)  

Jul 10   Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern) in the year 1972.  

Jul 10   Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India on this day in history.  

Jul 13   In the year 1972 c Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera  

Jul 13   In the year 1972 lA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners  

Jul 13   On this day in history t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov  

Jul 14   On this day in history l Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri  

Jul 16   Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jul 17   The first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico on this day in history.  

Jul 18   On this day in history 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns  

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Jan 02   In the year 1972 birth of jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies)  

Jan 02   Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs) was born in the year 1972.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)  

Jan 02   Christopher Lennertz, American composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) was born in the year 1972.  

Jan 04   In the year 1972 birth of james Longley, American documentary filmmaker  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens)  

Jan 13   Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pitts Steelers) was born in the year 1972.  

Jan 01   Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91 in the year 1972.  

Jan 03   Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)  

Jan 07   Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1972 kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60  

Jan 09   In the year 1972 ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80  

Jan 10   Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 in the year 1972.