1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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1972 - January. January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor January 12 - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian hockey player January 17 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter January 18 - Mike Lieberthal, baseball player January 23 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer 1972 - February. February 1 - Yoshi DeHerrera, American television personality February 2 - Klára Dobrev, wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány Fe ...

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The 442 name reverted to an option package from 1972 on the F-85 and Cutlass S. This package consisted of suspension upgrades and a stripe, with other things like a rear bumber cutout listed as additional options. An L75 455 in³ V8 was available, the smaller Oldsmobile 350 V8 was optional. The 442 again paced Indy in 1972 and 1974. The 442 package was not continued past 1980. Engines: 1972 L32 350 in³ 2-barrel V8, (160 hp and 275 ft.lbf in 1972) 1972 L34 350  ...

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International year of the book 1972 - January. January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. January 4 - Kurt Waldheim becomes the Secretary General ...

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International year of the book 1972 - January. January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safe deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. January 4 - Kurt Waldheim becomes the Secretary General of ...

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See also: 1971 in music, other events of 1972, 1973 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1972 in music - Events. January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts "Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money.' Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the next night. It would be a full year before the al ...

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1972 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: The Godfather - Ruddy, Paramount Best Director : Bob Fosse - Cabaret Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined) Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret Best Supporting Actor ; Joel Grey - Cabaret Best Supporting Actress : Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free 1972 in film - Births. ...

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On Sunday January 30, 1972, in an incident since known as Bloody Sunday, 14 unarmed men and boys were shot dead (one of whom died 4 months later) and 13 others were wounded by British paratroopers after a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city of Derry, Northern Ireland. The march was organized by Derry Stormont MP Ivan Cooper to protest against internment without trial of Irishmen, predominantly Catholic, in Northern Ireland. While the start of the IRA's campaign against British ...

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The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany. In the bid to organise the Olympics, Munich beat out Detroit, Madrid and Montreal. After the 1936 Games in Berlin, it was the second time for the Summer Olympics to take place in Germany. As a counterpart to the Berlin Olympics the Munich Olympics were supposed to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, therefore the motto of the Munich Games was "The Happy Games". The emblem was called "Bright Sun", the masco ...

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A 1972 feature film about a young boy (played by Lee H. Montgomery) and his pet rat, Ben. This film is a sequel to Willard (1971). The film's title theme song, Ben, performed by Michael Jackson, became a #1 pop hit single. See also. Willard (1971) Willard (2003) ...

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1972 in aviation - January. January 5 - US President Richard Nixon announces $US 5.5 billion in funding for the Space Shuttle program January 27 - Civil aviation in Canada is halted by a stike by air traffic controllers 1972 in aviation - February. February 5 - Aeroflot and Lufthansa jointly open services between Moscow and Frankfurt-am-Main February 5 - NASA and de Havilland Canada extensively modif ...

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1972 in sports - January-March. January 1 - Yermakhan Ibraimov, Kazakhstani boxer January 2 - Davide Scala, Italian tennis player January 3 - Steph Cook, modern pentathlon athlete January 11 - Julia Price, Australian cricketer February 7 - Mariano Chao, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper February 11 - Dennis Iliohan, Dutch football player February 15 - Jaromir Jagr, Czech ice hockey star February 16 - Dirk Dier, German tennis player Febr ...

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Fletcher Thompson (Republican) 1 special election held due to death of Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) ...

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Men's Golf The European PGA tour begins its first season of competition. Grand Slam of golf results: May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus June - US Open - Jack Nicklaus July - British Open - Lee Trevino August - PGA Championship - Gary Player PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $320,542 Women's Golf US Women's Open - Susie Berning LPGA Championship - Kathy Ahern Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner o ...

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1972 in television - 1940s. Meet the Press (1947-present). Candid Camera (1948-present). Bozo the Clown (1949-present). Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995). 1972 in television - 1950s. Truth or Consequences (1950-1988). Love of Life (1951-1980). Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986). Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present). American Bandstand (1952-1 ...

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1972 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: Oakland Athletics over Cincinnati Reds (4-3); Gene Tenace, MVP American League Championship Series: Oakland Athletics (West) over Detroit Tigers (East) (3-2) National League Championship Series: Cincinnati Reds (West) over Pittsburgh Pirates (East) (3-2) All-Star Game, July 25 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium: National Le ...

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1972 in rail transport - January events. January - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD40-2. 1972 in rail transport - April events. April 30 - British Rail suspends operation of the Brighton Belle passenger train between London and Brighton, England. 1972 in rail transport - August events. August 10 - The Illinois Central Railroad and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad merge t ...

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January January 21 - S-3 Viking May May 10 - Fairchild YA-10 May 30 - Northrop YA-9 June June 2 - Aérospatiale Dauphin July July 27 - McDonnell Douglas YF-15A October October 28 - Airbus A300 ...

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