Historical Events In 1972

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

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1972 manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union   

Jan 21   In the year 1972 mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   

Jan 23   Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi in the year 1972.   

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 in the year 1972.   

Jan 26   Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute in the year 1972.   

Jan 27   Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60 in the year 1972.   

Jan 28   Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 in the year 1972.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1972.   

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

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

Jan 31   On this day in history uS launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)   

Feb 01   The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) in the year 1972.   

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) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1972 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65   

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Jan 02   Jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   Bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1972 birth of byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pitts Steelers)   

Jan 01   In the year 1972 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   Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1972.   

Jan 06   In the year 1972 death of chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)   

Jan 07   Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies in the year 1972.   

Jan 08   Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80 in the year 1972.   

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