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1972 Calendar
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1972 Historical Event(s)
- January 5, 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
- January 13, 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
- February 15, 1972 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
- February 21, 1972 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
- 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 30, 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
- August 11, 1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
- September 11, 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service.
- November 11, 1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
- December 8, 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
Who Were Born On 1972?
- January 1, 1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American horse jockey
- January 15, 1972 – Kobe Tai, American porn star
- March 4, 1972 – Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver
- March 10, 1972 – Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
- June 24, 1972 – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
- July 27, 1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
- August 9, 1972 – A-Mei, Taiwanese singer
- November 10, 1972 – Isaac Bruce, American football player
- November 27, 1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter
- December 7, 1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier