Page 2: Historical Events In 1972

Jan 17   In the year 1972 section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd   

Jan 18   Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1972.   

Jan 19   Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms   

Jan 21   On this day in history manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union   

Jan 21   Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory in the year 1972.   

Jan 23   On this day in history bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi   

Jan 23   On this day in history entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest   

Jan 24   In the year 1972 jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74   

Jan 25   World's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60   

Jan 28   In the year 1972 adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66   

Jan 29   In the year 1972 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday in the year 1972.   

Jan 30   On this day in history karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 30   Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth in the year 1972.   

Jan 31   Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51   

Jan 31   In the year 1972 birenda, becomes leader of Nepal   

Jan 31   Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana in the year 1972.   

Jan 31   US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1972 jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67   

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

Feb 03   On this day in history john Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79   

Feb 03   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Feb 04   6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1972 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   On this day in history senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported   

Feb 05   In the year 1972 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65   

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Jan 02   Jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies) was born in the year 1972.   

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

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   In the year 1972 birth of mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)   

Jan 04   James Longley, American documentary filmmaker was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1972 jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91   

Jan 03   Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 in the year 1972.   

Jan 04   Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1972.   

Jan 06   Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901) died in the year 1972.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1972 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   On this day in history al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81