Page 2: Historical Events In 1972
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Jan 17 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd in the year 1972.
Jan 18 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame in the year 1972.
Jan 21 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory on this day in history.
Jan 21 In the year 1972 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 on this day in history.
Jan 23 Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi on this day in history.
Jan 23 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest on this day in history.
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 in the year 1972.
Jan 26 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute in the year 1972.
Jan 27 In the year 1972 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 On this day in history bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
Jan 30 On this day in history 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 in the year 1972.
Jan 30 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth on this day in history.
Jan 31 On this day in history aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
Jan 31 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 in the year 1972.
Jan 31 On this day in history birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
Jan 31 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana on this day in history.
Jan 31 In the year 1972 uS launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
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 on this day in history.
Feb 03 In the year 1972 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 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 on this day in history.
Feb 05 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65 on this day in history.
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