Page 9: Historical Events In 1972

Jun 06   Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London   

Jun 06   In this year, David Bowie releases "Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust".   

Jun 07   German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel.   

Jun 08   Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68.   

Jun 08   N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

Jun 09   14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200   

Jun 09   Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia   

Jun 12   Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

Jun 13   Clyde L Mcphatter, US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39   

Jun 13   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604.   

Jun 15   75000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas   

Jun 15   Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) leads to 2 train crash; 107 die   

Jun 16   Burglars caught inside the Watergate building.   

Jun 17   5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

Jun 17   In this year, Looking Glass releases "Brandy"   

Jun 18   BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118.   

Jun 20   Horst Salomon, writer, dies.   

Jun 21   Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90   

Jun 23   Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54.   

Jun 23   HS-2, HS-15, HS-74 and HS-75 came to the aid of flood stricken residents in the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Pottstown areas of Pennsylvania   

Jun 23   Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history   

Jun 23   Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate   

Jun 23   Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports   

Jun 26   David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61.   

Jun 29   Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel and unusual punishment"   

Jun 29   USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200000 km)   

Jul 01   Ms. magazine begins publishing   

Jul 02   Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95.   

Jul 03   Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68   

Jul 06   Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash   

Jul 07   Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

Jul 07   Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon   

Jul 09   Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana.   

Jul 09   The inaugural tour of Paul McCartney and Wings (France).   

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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),