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 in the year 1972.  

Jun 16   In the year 1972 burglars caught inside the Watergate building  

Jun 17   5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave on this day in history.  

Jun 17   Looking Glass releases "Brandy" on this day in history.  

Jun 18   BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Horst Salomon, writer, dies in the year 1972.  

Jun 21   Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 23   Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history in the year 1972.  

Jun 23   Nixon &Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate on this day in history.  

Jun 23   On this day in history pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports  

Jun 26   On this day in history david Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61  

Jun 29   In the year 1972 supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment"  

Jun 29   In the year 1972 uSSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)  

Jul 01   On this day in history ms. magazine begins publishing  

Jul 02   In the year 1972 joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95  

Jul 03   On this day in history mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68  

Jul 06   In the year 1972 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   In the year 1972 athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

Jul 07   In the year 1972 billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon  

Jul 09   Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana on this day in history.  

Jul 09   The first tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1972 the first 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico  

Jul 18   200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns in the year 1972.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)  

Jan 02   In the year 1972 birth of mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)  

Jan 02   In the year 1972 birth of christopher Lennertz, American composer  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)  

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

Jan 13   In the year 1972 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1972 carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57  

Jan 06   In the year 1972 death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)  

Jan 07   Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies in the year 1972.  

Jan 08   On this day in history kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60  

Jan 09   Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 on this day in history.