Historical Events In 1972

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

Jan 18   In the year 1972 rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69  

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 in the year 1972.  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1972 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   In the year 1972 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 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   In the year 1972 adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66  

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

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   In the year 1972 karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

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

Jan 31   Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK  

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

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 in the year 1972.  

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   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.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »

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

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   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   In the year 1972 birth of byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pitts Steelers)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 in the year 1972.