Page 2: Historical Events In 1972

Jan 17   Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd in the year 1972.   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame   

Jan 21   Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory in the year 1972.   

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

Jan 21   Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union in the year 1972.   

Jan 21   On this day in history mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

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

Jan 23   Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74   

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

Jan 26   Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute in the year 1972.   

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

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

Jan 29   5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville in the year 1972.   

Jan 30   In the year 1972 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 in the year 1972.   

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

Jan 30   Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1972 aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral   

Jan 31   In the year 1972 bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51   

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

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1972 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported in the year 1972.   

Feb 05   On this day in history "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65   

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

Jan 02   Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens)   

Jan 13   Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pitts Steelers) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91   

Jan 03   In the year 1972 frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82   

Jan 04   On this day in history carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

Jan 07   On this day in history clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies   

Jan 08   Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80 in the year 1972.   

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