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Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. Events January An HP-35 calculator Queen Elizabeth]] in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong in 1972. February - February 2
- A bomb explodes at the British Yacht Club in West Berlin, killing Irwin Beelitz, a German boat builder.
- The German militant group Movement 2 June announces its support of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- Anti-British riots take place throughout Ireland. The British Embassy in Dublin is burned to the ground, as are several British-owned businesses.
- February 3–February 13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.
- February 4 – Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars.
- February 5
- February 9 – The British government declares a state of emergency over a miners' strike.
- February 15
- February 17 – Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model-T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.
- February 18 – The California Supreme Court voids the state's death penalty, commuting all death sentences to life in prison.
- February 19 – Asama-Sans incident: Five United Red Army members break into a lodge below Mount Asama, taking the wife of the lodge keeper hostage.
- February 21 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
- February 21–February 28 – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.
- February 22
- February 23 – Angela Davis is released from jail. A Caruthers, California farmer, Rodger McAfee, helps her make bail.
- February 24 – North Vietnamese negotiators walk out of the Paris Peace Talks to protest U.S. air raids.
- February 26
- February 28 – The Asama-Sanso incident ends in a standoff between 5 members of the Japanese United Red Army and the authorities, in which 2 policemen are killed and 12 injured.
March April May - May
- The Burundian Genocide against the Hutu begins; more than 500,000 Hutus die.
- May 2 – Fire in a silver mine in Idaho kills 91.
- May 5 – An Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo, Sicily; 115 die.
- May 7 – General elections are held in Italy.
- May 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the mining of Haiphong Harbor in Vietnam.
- May 13 – Fire in a nightclub atop the Sennichi department store in Osaka, Japan, kills 115.
- May 15
- May 16 – The first financial derivatives exchange, the International Monetary Market (IMM), opens on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- May 18 – Four troopers of both SAS and SBS are parachuted onto the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, off Britain in the Atlantic, after a bomb threat and ransom demand, which turns out to be bogus.
- May 19 – Three out of 6 bombs explode in the Springer Press building in Hamburg, Germany, injuring 17; the Red Army Faction claims responsibility.
- May 21 – In Rome, Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's "Piet " statue with a sledgehammer, shouting that he is Jesus Christ.
- May 22
- May 23 – The Tamil United Front (now known as Tamil United Liberation Front), a pro-Tamil organization, is founded.
- May 24
- May 26
- May 27 – A second Watergate break-in attempt fails.
- May 30
June July - July – U.S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam, during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun.
- July 1
- July 2 – Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic Simla Agreement, agreeing to settle their disputes bilaterally.
- July 4 – The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado.
- July 8 – The U.S. sells grain to the Soviet Union for $750 million.
- July 10 – India's news agency reports that at least 24 people have been killed in separate incidents, in the Chandka Forest in India, by elephants crazed by heat and drought.
- July 10–July 14 – The Democratic National Convention meets in Miami Beach. Senator George McGovern, who backs the immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam, is nominated for President. He names fellow Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate.
- July 15 – The Pruitt Igoe housing development is demolished in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- July 18 – Anwar Sadat expels 20,000 Soviet advisors from Egypt.
- July 21
- July 23 – The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
- July 25 – U.S. health officials admit that African-Americans were used as guinea pigs in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
- July 29 – A national dock strike begins in Britain.
- July 31 – The Troubles, Northern Ireland:
August - August 1 – U.S. Senator Thomas Eagleton, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, withdraws from the race after revealing he was once treated for mental illness.
- August 4
- Arthur Bremer is jailed for 63 years for shooting George Wallace.
- Dictator Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50,000 Asians with British passports to Britain within 3 months.
- A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable lines in U.S. It begins with the appearance of sunspots on August 2; an August 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until August 10.
- August 10 – A brilliant, daytime meteor skips off the Earth's atmosphere due to an Apollo asteroid streaking over the western US into Canada.[4]
- August 12 – The last U.S. ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
- August 14 – An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 onboard perish.
- August 16 – As part of a coup attempt, members of the Royal Moroccan Air Force fire upon, but fail to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
- August 21 – The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term.
- August 22 – John Wojtowicz, 27, and Sal Naturile, 18, hold several Chase Manhattan Bank employees hostage for 17 hours in Gravesend, Brooklyn, N.Y, an event later dramatized in the film Dog Day Afternoon.
- August 26 – September 11 – The 1972 Summer Olympics are held in Munich, West Germany.
September October November 1972 Election]]. arcade]] version of Pong is released. - November
- November 5 – A group of Amerindians occupies the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- November 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide (the election had the lowest voter turnout since 1948, with only 55 percent of the electorate voting).
- November 11 – Vietnam War – Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
- November 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
- November 16 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage [9]
- November 19 – Se n Mac St of in, a leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, is arrested in Dublin after giving an interview to RT .
- November 22 – Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
- November 28 – The last executions in Paris, France. Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet – the Clairvaux Mutineers – were guillotined at La Sante Prison by chief executioner Andre Obrecht (already suffering from Parkinson's Disease). Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court, but as Buffet's accomplice was condemned to death anyway. President Georges Pompidou, in private an abolitionist, upheld both death sentences in deference to French public opinion.
- November 29
- November 30
December - December 2 – Edward Gough Whitlam becomes the first Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years. He is sworn in on 5 December and his first action using executive power is to withdraw all Australian personnel from the Vietnam War.
- December 7
- December 8
- December 11 – Apollo 17 lands on the Moon.
- The film Man of La Mancha, based on the hit musical, begins a roadshow run in New York City. Most critics savage it, partly because the cast is made up of mostly non-singing actors who nevertheless sing in the film. The only actor to have his singing voice dubbed is Peter O'Toole, who stars as Cervantes and Don Quixote. Gino Conforti is the only member of the original cast to repeat his role. The film is a box office flop, but more than twenty years later, its reputation starts to improve when it is released on video and public response is enthusiastic.
- December 14 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th Century.
- December 15
- December 16
- December 19 – Apollo program: Apollo 17 returns to Earth, concluding the program of lunar exploration.
- December 21
- December 22
- December 23
- December 24 – Swedish Prime minister Olof Palme compares the American bombings of North Vietnam to Nazi massacres. The U.S. breaks diplomatic contact with Sweden.
- December 25 – The Christmas bombing of North Vietnam causes widespread criticism of the U.S. and President Richard Nixon.
- December 26 – Former United States President Harry S. Truman dies in Kansas City, Missouri.
- December 28 – The bones of Martin Bormann are identified in Berlin.
- December 29 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Everglades in Florida, killing 101 of 176 onboard.
- December 31
- Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while en route to deliver aid to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
- An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year.
- The US ban on the pesticide DDT takes effect.
Date unknown Births January Amanda Peet - January 1
- January 4 – Brad Zavisha, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 10 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier
- January 11 – Amanda Peet, American actress
- January 12 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian hockey player
- January 13
- January 15
- January 16
- January 17 – Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
- January 18 – Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
- January 19 – Angham, Egyptian singer, record producer and actress
- January 21 – Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer
- January 22 – Romi Park, Japanese voice actress
- January 23
- January 27
February Billie Joe Armstrong - February 2
- February 4 – Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- February 5
- February 8 – Big Show, American professional wrestler
- February 9 – Norbert R zsa, Hungarian swimmer
- February 11
- February 14
- February 15 – Jarom r J gr, Czech hockey player
- February 16 – Jerome Bettis, American football player
- February 17
- February 19 – Malky Mackay, Scottish footballer
- February 21 – Seo Taiji, Korean musician
- February 22
- February 24 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (d. 2001)
- February 25 – Jaak Mae, Estonian cross-country skier
- February 29 – Antonio Sabato Jr., Italian actor
March Shaquille O'Neal Dane Cook April Jennifer Garner Carmen Electra - April 3 – Jennie Garth, American actress
- April 4 – Tag Adams, American gay pornographic film actor
- April 5 – Junko Takeuchi, Japanese voice actress
- April 8
- April 9 – Bernard Ackah, Ivorian mixed martial artist and comedian
- April 10 – Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
- April 11 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player
- April 12 – ebnem Ferah, Turkish singer and song-writer
- April 13 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player
- April 15 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (d. 2009)
- April 16 – Conchita Mart nez, Spanish tennis player
- April 17
- April 19 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
- April 20
- April 23 – Choky Ice, Hungarian porn actor
- April 24
- April 26 – Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer
- April 29 – Fredrik Kempe, Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer
May Dwayne Johnson - May 1 – Julie Benz, American actress
- May 2
- May 4 – Mike Dirnt, American rock musician and bassist (Green Day)
- May 5 – James Cracknell, British Olympic winning rower
- May 6
- May 8 – Darren Hayes, Australian musician
- May 10
- May 16 – Derek Mears, American actor/stuntman
- May 17 – Tyson Cane, American gay pornographic actor
- May 19
- May 20
- May 21 – The Notorious B.I.G., American musician (d. 1997)
- May 23 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
- May 25 – Jules Jordan, American pornographic movie director, actor, and producer
- May 28 – Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
- May 29 – Stanislas Renoult, French singer
- May 30
- May 31
June Wayne Brady Karl Urban - June 2 – Wayne Brady, American comedian
- June 4
- June 5
- June 6 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
- June 7 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
- June 8 – Chapman To, Hong Kong actor
- June 10 – Steven Fischer, American film producer and director
- June 14 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist
- June 15 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
- June 16 – John Cho, Korean-American actor and musician
- June 17 – Iztok op, Slovenian rower
- June 18 – Roger "Infernus" Tiegs, Norwegian black metal musician, original member of Gorgoroth
- June 19 – Jean Dujardin, French actor and comedian
- June 21 – Irene van Dyk, South African born netball player
- June 22 – Miguel Del Toro, Mexican baseball player
- June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
- June 24
- June 25 – Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- June 28 – John Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
- June 29
July Sof a Vergara Wil Wheaton - July 3 – Asha Gill, British-born television host
- July 4
- July 6 – Mark Gasser, British concert pianist
- July 7
- July 8 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
- July 10 – Sof a Vergara, Columbian-American actress and former TV personality/model
- July 13 – Sean Waltman, American professional wrestler
- July 21 – Catherine Ndereba, Kenyan long-distance runner
- July 22 – Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
- July 23 – Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian and producer
- July 26 – Nathan Buckley, Australian rules footballer
- July 27
- July 28 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
- July 29 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
- July 31 – Tami Stronach, Iranian-born dancer and former actress
August Cameron Diaz - August 1
- August 2 – Kelly Richardson, Canadian contemporary artist
- August 3 – Patrik Isaksson, Swedish singer and songwriter
- August 6 – Geri Halliwell, British pop singer (Spice Girls)
- August 7
- August 9 – A-Mei, Taiwanese singer
- August 10 – Angie Harmon, American actress
- August 11 – Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
- August 12 – Demir Demirkan, Turkish rock musician and songwriter
- August 13 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
- August 14 – Ed O'Bannon, American basketball player
- August 15
- August 16
- August 17 – Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
- August 18 – Leo Ku, Hong Kong actor and singer
- August 19 – Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- August 20 – Chaney Kley, American actor (d. 2007)
- August 22 – Jonathan Coachman, American World Wrestling Entertainment announcer
- August 25 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
- August 27 – Mike Smith, Canadian actor
- August 29 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor
- August 30
- August 31 – Chris Tucker, American actor
September Gwyneth Paltrow - September 2 – Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (d. 2004)
- September 4 – Fran oise Yip, Chinese-Canadian actress
- September 6 – Anika Noni Rose, American actress
- September 7 – Sean Daley, American Hip-Hop Musician (Atmosphere)
- September 8
- September 9 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English newsreader
- September 10
- September 12 – Budi Putra, Indonesian journalist, writer and blogger
- September 13 – Kelly Chen, Hong Kong actress and singer
- September 15 – Jimmy Carr, British comedian
- September 16 – Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician
- September 17 – Bobby Lee, American comedian
- September 19
- September 21
- September 22
- September 23 – Karl Pilkington, English radio producer
- September 24 – Karyn Bosnak, American author
- September 26 – Shawn Stockman, American singer and musician (Boyz II Men)
- September 27
- September 28 – Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
- September 30
October Eminem Gabrielle Union - October 1 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- October 2 – Konstantinos Papadakis, Greek pianist
- October 3 – Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
- October 4 – Van Darkholme, Vietnamese-American gay pornographic actor, director, and photographer
- October 5
- October 6
- October 8 – Kim Myung-min, South Korean actor
- October 9 – Etan Patz, American missing schoolboy
- October 10 – Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
- October 11 – Claudia Black, Australian actress
- October 12 – Mechele Linehan, American murderer
- October 17
- October 21
- October 22 – D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
- October 24
- October 27
- October 28
- October 29
- October 31 – Matt Dawson, English rugby player and TV personality
November Rebecca Romijn Josh Duhamel - November 1
- November 2
- November 4 – Lu s Figo, Portuguese footballer
- November 6
- November 7 – Danny Grewcock, British rugby player
- November 8 – Gretchen Mol, American actress
- November 9
- November 10 – Shawn Green, American baseball player
- November 11 – Ben Richards, British actor (The Bill)
- November 13 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor
- November 14
- November 23 – Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer
- November 28 – Jesper Str mblad, Swedish musician
- November 29 – Andreas Goldberger, Austrian ski jumper
- November 30 – Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
December Alyssa Milano Jude Law - December 5 – Cole Youngblood, American pornographic actor
- December 6 – M nica Santa Mar a, Peruvian model and TV host (d. 1994)
- December 7
- December 9 – Tr Cool, American rock musician and drummer (Green Day)
- December 10 – Brian Molko, American musician (Placebo)
- December 11 – Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish NHL hockey player
- December 12 – Wilson Kipketer, Danish athlete
- December 13 – Chris Grant, Australian footballer
- December 15 – Rodney Harrison, American football player
- December 16 – Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
- December 17 – Laurie Holden, American-Canadian actress and human rights activist
- December 19
- December 22 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress
- December 23 – Morgan, Italian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and X Factor (Italy) judge
- December 24 – Klaus Schnellenkamp, German-Chilean author
- December 25 – Qu Yunxia, Chinese middle-distance runner
- December 27 – Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby player
- December 28 – Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- December 29 – Jude Law, British actor
- December 30 – Kerry Collins, American football player
- December 31 – Joey McIntyre, American actor and singer (New Kids on the Block)
Date unknown Deaths January - January 1 – Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer (b. 1888)
- January 6 – Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (b. 1901)
- January 7 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
- January 8
- January 9 – Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
- January 10 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
- January 14 – King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- January 16 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American record producer (Alvin and the Chipmunks) (b. 1919)
- January 17
- January 18 – Clarence Earl Gideon, Defendant during civil rights court case (Gideon v. Wainwright) (b. 1910)
- January 24 – Jerome Cowan, American actor (b. 1897)
- January 26 – Mahalia Jackson, African-American gospel singer (b. 1911)
February March April - April 2 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- April 3 – Ferde Grof , American composer (b. 1882)
- April 4
- April 5
- April 7
- April 8 – Andrea Feldman, American actress (b. 1948)
- April 9 – James F. Byrnes, United States Secretary of State and Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1879)
- April 11 – George H. Plympton, American screenwriter (b. 1889)
- April 13 – Dorothy Dalton, American actress (b. 1893)
- April 16 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- April 25 – George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)
- April 26 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
- April 27 – Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician (b. 1909)
- April 30 – Gia Scala, English actress (b. 1934)
May June July August September October November - November 1 – Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
- November 5 – Reginald Owen, English actor (b. 1887)
- November 12 – Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879)
- November 13 – Margaret Webster, American actress (b. 1905)
- November 14 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
- November 18 – Danny Whitten, American musician (b. 1943)
- November 23 – Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- November 25 – Henri Coand , Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
- November 28 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1876)
- November 29 – Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1891)
- November 30 – Hans Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (b. 1901)
December - December 2
- December 3 – Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
- December 6 – Janet Munro, British actress (b. 1934)
- December 9
- December 15 – Edward Earle, Canadian actor (b. 1882)
- December 21 – Paul Hausser, German Waffen SS general (b. 1880)
- December 22 – Jimmy Wallington, American radio personality (b. 1907)
- December 24
- December 25 – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician and freedom-fighter. Last Governor-General of India (1948 50) (b. 1878)
- December 26 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
- December 27 – Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1897)
- December 31 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (b. 1934)
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