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

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

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

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 in the year 1972.   

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   On this day in history stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1972.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1972.   

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

Feb 03   11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) in the year 1972.   

Feb 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1972 senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported   

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)   

Jan 02   Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Christopher Lennertz, American composer was born in the year 1972.   

Jan 04   Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of james Longley, American documentary filmmaker   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1972 death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

Jan 07   Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies on this day in history.   

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.