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1972 Calendar

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•  January 11, 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
•  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.
•  March 30, 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
•  May 13, 1972 – Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
•  August 22, 1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
•  September 25, 1972 – In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.
•  September 29, 1972 – Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
•  October 30, 1972 – A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois kills 45 and injures 332.
•  December 16, 1972 – Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris.

•  January 16, 1972 – Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
•  January 19, 1972 – Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
•  April 20, 1972 – Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
•  April 24, 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
•  May 11, 1972 – Daniel Ornellas, Zimbabwean musician
•  June 6, 1972 – Natalie Morales, American television journalist
•  June 22, 1972 – David Rees, American cartoonist
•  October 16, 1972 – Adrianne Frost, American comedian and author
•  December 11, 1972 – Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
•  December 16, 1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player