Historical Events In 1972

Jan 17   Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd in the year 1972.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory   

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

Jan 21   Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory in the year 1972.   

Jan 23   In the year 1972 bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi   

Jan 23   In the year 1972 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   In the year 1972 world's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London   

Jan 26   In the year 1972 stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die   

Jan 30   In the year 1972 british soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday.   

Jan 30   On this day in history karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 30   Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth on this day in history.   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1972 bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51   

Jan 31   Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal in the year 1972.   

Jan 31   In the year 1972 military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana   

Jan 31   US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) in the year 1972.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1972 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 in the year 1972.   

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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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91   

Jan 03   Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 in the year 1972.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies   

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 on this day in history.