Historical Events In 1972

Jan 17   Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd on this day in history.  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1972 sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame  

Jan 21   On this day in history assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory  

Jan 21   Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1972 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   Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi on this day in history.  

Jan 23   In the year 1972 entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest  

Jan 24   Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74 in the year 1972.  

Jan 25   World's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London in the year 1972.  

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

Jan 27   Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60 in the year 1972.  

Jan 28   Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville  

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth  

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

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

Jan 31   On this day in history birenda, becomes leader of Nepal  

Jan 31   On this day in history military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana  

Jan 31   US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) in the year 1972.  

Feb 01   The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) in the year 1972.  

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

Feb 02   Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67 in the year 1972.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1972 john Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79  

Feb 03   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 04   In the year 1972 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 in the year 1972.  

Feb 04   Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1972 birth of lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)  

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 in the year 1972.  

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   Bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1972 frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82  

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

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 in the year 1972.  

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

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.