Historical Events In 1972

Feb 23   Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1972.  

Feb 25   Ontario Hydro opens $75 million Pickering nuclear power plant; has been the largest single producer of electricity in the world on this day in history.  

Feb 25   In the year 1972 paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single  

Feb 26   On this day in history slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125  

Feb 26   On this day in history tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50  

Feb 27   President Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique on this day in history.  

Feb 28   In the year 1972 george Harrison is involved in a minor car accident  

Feb 28   President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China on this day in history.  

Feb 28   President Richard Nixon wraps up his historic trip to China in the year 1972.  

Feb 28   On this day in history victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies  

Feb 29   In the year 1972 antonio Sabato Jr, actor (Jagger Cates-General Hospital)  

Feb 29   Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year in the year 1972.  

Feb 29   On this day in history hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year  

Feb 29   On this day in history hank Aaron becomes the first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year.  

Feb 29   In the year 1972 jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party  

Mar 01   In the year 1972 london flu in United States killing 1,027 people  

Mar 01   outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people in the year 1972.  

Mar 01   Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points  

Mar 02   On this day in history bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56  

Mar 02   In the year 1972 jean-Bédel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Central African Republic  

Mar 02   Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby in the year 1972.  

Mar 03   Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA in the year 1972.  

Mar 04   On this day in history last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK  

Mar 04   In the year 1972 libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty  

Mar 05   In the year 1972 greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party  

Mar 05   Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1972.  

Mar 06   Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner in the year 1972.  

Mar 06   Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes on this day in history.  

Mar 08   The first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) in the year 1972.  

Mar 08   On this day in history the first flight of the Goodyear blimp  

Mar 10   General Lon Nol becomes President &prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia on this day in history.  

Mar 10   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 in the year 1972.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1972 birth of jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies)  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1972 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   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   In the year 1972 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   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   In the year 1972 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   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   In the year 1972 ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80  

Jan 10   In the year 1972 al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81