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A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, January 30, 1972, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1972. The moon entered the Earth's penumbral shadow at 30 January 1972 08:03:12.5 UTC and exited at 30 January 1972 13:43:37.9 UTC. The moon entered the Earth's umbral shadow at 30 January 1972 09:11:38.4 UTC and exited at 30 January 1972 12:35:03.1 ...
Pages in category "1972 in New York City" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie Chop-off; G.
August 11 – Max Theiler (b. 1899), South African-born American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. August 22 – Ștefan Procopiu (b. 18990), Romanian physicist. August 25 – Lucien Bull (b. 1876), Irish-born French pioneer in chronophotography. October 1 – Louis Leakey (b. 1903), British paleoanthropologist.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. first began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. On its opening day, the price closed at $33 per share. [53] Although the value of the stock dropped 77% in the first two years, an investment of $1,000 would have grown to $870,000 from 1972 to 2008 [54] Born:
Pages in category "1972 in New York (state)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) of soil and rock samples ...
On August 22, 1972, Wojtowicz, along with Salvatore Naturile and Robert Westenberg, attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank at 450 Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn. [2] [3] Westenberg fled the scene before the robbery got underway after he saw a police car on the street. Rather than quickly obtaining the money and fleeing as ...
April 27, 1972: Successful Apollo 16 lunar module "Orion" NASA Lunar Crewed lunar lander: April 20, 1972 14:23 (at Moon) Successful Apollo 16 Subsatellite: NASA Lunar Lunar particles research: May 29, 1972 (at Moon) Partial failure Crewed spaceflight to the Moon with 3 astronauts. Subsatellite placed in wrong orbit, shorter lifespan than ...