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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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 (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 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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Many details of the day's events are in dispute, with no agreement even on the number of marchers present that day. Although the organisers, Insight claimed that there were 30,000 marchers, Lord Widgery said that there were 3,000 to 5,000 present that day. In The Road To Bloody Sunday, Dr. Raymond McClean put an estimate of 15,000 on the crowd which is the same figure used by Bernadette Devlin ...

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Many details of the day's events are in dispute, with no agreement even on the number of marchers present that day. The organisers, Insight claimed that there were 30,000 marchers, Lord Widgery in his Inquiry, said that there were only 3,000 to 5,000. In The Road To Bloody Sunday, Dr. Raymond McClean estimated the crowd as 15,000, which is the figure used by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey in Parliament. A wealth of material has been produced relating to the day. There have been numerous books and article ...

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San Marino at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Cycling. Individual road race: Daniele Cesaritti - Withdrew San Marino at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Shooting. Rapid fire pistol: Bruno Morri - 570pts (47th place) Roberto Tamagnini - Withdrew Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions: Italo Casali - 1026pts (65th place) Libero Casali - 997pts (68th place) Trap: Silvano Raganini - ...

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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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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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Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston, Jr. (born December 31, 1928 in Johnson, Arkansas) is a professional gambler, famous for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the main event at the World Series of Poker in 1972. Amarillo Slim - Professional poker player. Before becoming a well known face and tournament poker player, Preston was a rounder and toured the country looking for gambling action along with Doyle Brunson and Sailor Roberts. Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker main event. ...

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Bloody Friday is the name given to July 21, 1972, due to bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on that day. 22 bombs were planted and, in the resulting explosions, 9 people were killed and a further 130 seriously injured. The accounts of the events that appeared in the first editions of local and national newspapers were, naturally enough, somewhat confused about the details of the events of the day. The following details are based on a number of secondary reports and accounts. The timings referred to ...

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See also: 1972 in film 1973 1974 in film 1970s in film years in film film 1973 in film - Events. The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra. 1973 in film - Top grossing films. North America The Exorcist Deliverance The Getaway Live and Le ...

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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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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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Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Gold. None Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Silver. None Venezuela at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Bronze. None ...

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Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Gold. None Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Silver. None Peru at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Bronze. None ...

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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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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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