1972 Calendar
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1972 Historical Event(s)
February 15, 1972
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
February 18, 1972
– The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state’s death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
May 8, 1972
– Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
June 20, 1972
– Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
June 29, 1972
– The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
November 11, 1972
– Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
November 23, 1972
– The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching N-1 Rocket. The launch is a failure and the rocket is destroyed.
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 19, 1972
– Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
December 30, 1972
– Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
Who Were Born On 1972?
January 2, 1972
– Christopher Lennertz, American composer
January 11, 1972
– Christian Jacobs, American singer (The Aquabats)
April 28, 1972
– Joseph Bruce, American musician (Insane Clown Posse)
May 26, 1972
– Kylie Ireland, Adult film actress, radio host and street artist
May 31, 1972
– Archie Panjabi, English actress
June 14, 1972
– Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ
July 21, 1972
– Shinjiro Otani, Japanese professional wrestler
August 1, 1972
– Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler
October 21, 1972
– Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
November 21, 1972
– David Tua, Samoan boxer