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1972 was a leap year ... as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, ... Hong Kong's worst flooding and landslides in recorded history with 653.2 ...
On this day Kings Island in Mason Ohio opened to the public. May ... List of American films of 1972; Timeline of United States history (1970–1989) References
President Nixon, his wife, and their entourage left the White House on February 17, 1972, spending a night at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station in Oahu, Hawaii. They arrived the next day in Guam at 5 pm, where they spent the night at Nimitz Hill Annex, the residence of the Commander Naval Forces Marianas. At 7 am on February 21, the Nixons ...
On this day in history, in 1972, Mark Spitz, became the first person to win 7 gold medals at the Olympics. Spitz set world records in all 7 events that he won, a feat that yet to be accomplished ...
The Volkswagen Beetle broke the record for the most popular automobile in history, as the 15,007,034th Beetle was produced. [55] Between 1908 and May 26, 1927, a total of 15,007,033 Model Ts had been produced. [56] Born: Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician, lead singer of Green Day; in Oakland, California
Al Green had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1972. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18, 1972.
A group of 132 sailors on board the USS Constellation, mostly African-American, began what has been described as "the first mass mutiny in the history of the U.S. Navy". [7] The men refused to leave the mess deck in protest over announcements, the day before, that 250 black sailors would be discharged, six of them less than honorably, and ...
The last day of the Festival of Ridván (Baháʼí Faith) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March equinox, see List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar) Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain) Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo ; Flag Day (Poland) Indonesia National Education Day