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1972 Calendar

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•  January 14, 1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
•  February 1, 1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
•  February 15, 1972 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
•  March 24, 1972 – The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
•  May 6, 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
•  July 24, 1972 – Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
•  August 11, 1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
•  November 11, 1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
•  December 13, 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
•  December 28, 1972 – Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, became the first President of North Korea.

•  January 14, 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player
•  June 8, 1972 – Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
•  August 16, 1972 – George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian television and radio personality
•  September 26, 1972 – Melanie Paxson, American actress
•  September 27, 1972 – Craig L. Rice, American politician
•  October 15, 1972 – Matt Keeslar, American actor
•  December 5, 1972 – Angela Shelton, American actress & writer
•  December 9, 1972 – Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
•  December 10, 1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
•  December 30, 1972 – Kerry Collins, American football player