Page 10: Historical Events In 1972

Jun 16   Burglars caught inside the Watergate building.   

Jun 17   5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

Jun 17   In this year, Looking Glass releases "Brandy"   

Jun 18   BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118   

Jun 20   Horst Salomon, writer, dies   

Jun 21   Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90.   

Jun 23   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.   

Jun 23   Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history.   

Jun 23   Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate.   

Jun 23   Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports.   

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

Jun 29   Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel and unusual punishment"   

Jun 29   USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200000 km).   

Jul 01   Ms. magazine begins publishing   

Jul 02   Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95   

Jul 03   Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68.   

Jul 06   Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash.   

Jul 06   Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash   

Jul 07   Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

Jul 07   Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon   

Jul 09   Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana   

Jul 09   The inaugural tour of Paul McCartney and Wings (France)   

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

Jul 10   Herd of stampeding elephants results in the deaths of 24, Chandka Forest India.   

Jul 13   C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera   

Jul 13   LA Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners   

Jul 13   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov.   

Jul 14   L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev and #2423 Ibarruri   

Jul 16   Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65.   

Jul 17   The inaugural 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico   

Jul 18   200000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns.   

Jul 21   2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain).   

Jul 21   In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours (Murder City?).   

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Jan 02   Jeff jackson: Us baseball outfielder (phila phillies)   

Jan 02   Lake dawson: Nfl wide receiver (kc chiefs)   

Jan 02   Mattias norstrom: Mora swe, nhl defenseman (team sweden, la kings)   

Jan 02   Christopher lennertz: American composer   

Jan 04   Mike mccoy: Wlaf quarterback (amsterdam admirals)   

Jan 04   James longley: American documentary filmmaker   

Jan 13   Bryon morris: Running back (baltimore ravens)   

Jan 13   Byron "bam" morris: Nfl running back (pitts steelers)   

Jan 01   Jane morgan: Actress (mrs margaret davis-our miss brooks),   

Jan 03   Frans masereel: Flem wwii resistance fighter (le soleil),   

Jan 04   Carl-olof anderberg: Composer,   

Jan 06   Chen yi: Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

Jan 07   Clarence passailaigue: Cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for jamaica),    

Jan 08   Kenneth patchen: Us writer (see you in the morning),   

Jan 09   Ted shawn: Us dancer,    

Jan 10   Al goodman: Russian/us orch leader (nbc comedy hour),