Page 6: Historical Events In 1972

Mar 31   Official Beatles Fan Club closes down.   

Apr 01   30000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico   

Apr 01   Major league baseball players stages inaugural collective strike.   

Apr 01   Pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway   

Apr 02   44th Academy Awards presented   

Apr 02   44th Academy Awards   

Apr 02   Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57.   

Apr 02   Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo   

Apr 03   Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80.   

Apr 03   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau   

Apr 04   1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating   

Apr 04   Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63.   

Apr 04   Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63   

Apr 05   Baseball season is delayed due to a strike.   

Apr 05   Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73   

Apr 05   Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub.   

Apr 06   Bomb explosion at the Cuban Trade Commission in Montreal results in the deaths of one person.   

Apr 07   "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party   

Apr 07   "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party.   

Apr 08   30000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico   

Apr 08   Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ.   

Apr 08   Major league baseball players stages inaugural collective strike   

Apr 10   7.0 earthquake results in the deaths of 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars.   

Apr 10   An agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries.   

Apr 10   In Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5000 and injuring 1700.   

Apr 10   US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons.   

Apr 11   200000 Hydro-Quebec workers, teachers, and hospital staff go on 2-week strike; largest in history   

Apr 12   C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57   

Apr 13   Baseball players' strike ends after 13 days.   

Apr 15   Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64   

Apr 16   2 giants pandas arrive in the US, from China.   

Apr 16   Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)   

Apr 16   Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72   

Apr 17   1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26   

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Jan 02   Jeff jackson: Us baseball outfielder (phila phillies)   

Jan 02   Lake dawson: Nfl wide receiver (kc chiefs)   

Jan 02   Mattias norstrom: Mora swe, nhl defenseman (team sweden, la kings)   

Jan 02   Christopher lennertz: American composer   

Jan 04   Mike mccoy: Wlaf quarterback (amsterdam admirals)   

Jan 04   James longley: American documentary filmmaker   

Jan 13   Bryon morris: Running back (baltimore ravens)   

Jan 13   Byron "bam" morris: Nfl running back (pitts steelers)   

Jan 01   Jane morgan: Actress (mrs margaret davis-our miss brooks),    

Jan 03   Frans masereel: Flem wwii resistance fighter (le soleil),    

Jan 04   Carl-olof anderberg: Composer,   

Jan 06   Chen yi: Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

Jan 07   Clarence passailaigue: Cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for jamaica),   

Jan 08   Kenneth patchen: Us writer (see you in the morning),    

Jan 09   Ted shawn: Us dancer,    

Jan 10   Al goodman: Russian/us orch leader (nbc comedy hour),