Page 2: Historical Events In 1972

Jan 18   Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69.   

Jan 19   Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame.   

Jan 21   Assam's North East Frontier Agency is recorded as becoming Arunachal Pradesh territory.   

Jan 21   Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

Jan 21   Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union   

Jan 21   Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

Jan 23   Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi.   

Jan 23   Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest.   

Jan 24   Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74   

Jan 25   World's inaugural kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London.   

Jan 26   Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10160m fall without parachute   

Jan 27   Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60.   

Jan 28   Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66   

Jan 29   5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville   

Jan 30   Bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die.   

Jan 30   British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday.   

Jan 30   Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81.   

Jan 30   Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth   

Jan 31   Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral   

Jan 31   Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51.   

Jan 31   Birenda, is recorded as becoming leader of Nepal.   

Jan 31   Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana   

Jan 31   US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244998).   

Feb 01   The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395).   

Feb 01   Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK.   

Feb 02   Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67   

Feb 03   11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia)   

Feb 03   John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79   

Feb 03   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 04   6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria.   

Feb 04   In Central Italy a 4.8 earthquate and a series of hundreds of relatively minor shocks near the Italian town of Ancona on the Adriatic coast caused wide-spread panic, some damage, several injuries, and one death.   

Feb 04   Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported   

Feb 05   "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65   

Feb 05   Bob Douglas is inaugural black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame.   

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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),