1972 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 1972 in the United States.

1972
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Incumbents edit

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June edit

 
June 17: Five men are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex (pictured).

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August edit

  • August 1 – U.S. Senator Thomas Eagleton, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, withdraws from the race after revealing he suffered from depression and had been hospitalized three times for its treatment.[6]
  • August 4
    • Arthur Bremer is jailed for 63 years for shooting U.S. presidential primary candidate George Wallace.[7]
    • A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable lines in U.S. It begins with the appearance of sunspots on August 2; an August 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until August 10.
  • August 10 – A brilliant, daytime meteor skips off the Earth's atmosphere due to an Apollo asteroid streaking over the western US into Canada.[8]
  • August 12 – The last U.S. ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
  • August 13–18 – The Special Olympics World Games take place in Los Angeles.[9]
  • August 20 – One hundred thousand people attended the legendary Wattstax Black music concert in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California.[10]
  • August 21 – The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term.
  • August 22 – John Wojtowicz, 27, and Sal Naturile, 18, hold several Chase Manhattan Bank employees hostage for 17 hours in Gravesend, Brooklyn, N.Y, an event later dramatized in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon.

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December edit

 
December 7–19: Apollo 17, the last crewed Moon mission

Undated edit

Ongoing edit

Births edit

January edit

 
Marc Blucas
 
Amanda Peet
 
Ernie Reyes Jr.
 
Nikki Haley
 
Gabriel Macht
 
Amy Coney Barrett
 
Mike Johnson
 
Garret Graves

February edit

 
Essence Atkins
 
Big Show
 
Kelly Slater
 
Rob Thomas
 
Billie Joe Armstrong
 
Taylor Hawkins
 
Ralphie May

March edit

 
Shaquille O'Neal
 
Jaret Reddick
 
Common
 
Mark Hoppus
 
Dane Cook
 
Reince Priebus
 
Leslie Mann

April edit

 
Sung Kang
 
Jennifer Garner
 
Carmen Electra
 
Willie Robertson
 
Violent J

May edit

 
Julie Benz
 
Dwayne Johnson
 
Chris Tomlin
 
Dana Perino
 
Rhea Seehorn
 
Laverne Cox

June edit

 
Wayne Brady
 
Wentworth Miller
 
Jeanette Nuñez
 
Ben Ray Luján
 
John Cho
 
Selma Blair
 
Christian Kane

July edit

 
Sofía Vergara
 
Michael Rosenbaum
 
Sean Waltman
 
Marlon Wayans
 
Maya Rudolph
 
Wil Wheaton
 
GloZell

August edit

 
Jacinda Barrett
 
Muriel Bowser
 
Chip Roy
 
Angie Harmon
 
Ben Affleck
 
Todd Young
 
Cameron Diaz

September edit

 
Bob Evans
 
Goran Višnjić
 
Matt Busch
 
Jermaine Dupri
 
Beto O'Rourke
 
Shawn Stockman
 
Gwyneth Paltrow

October edit

 
Lajon Witherspoon
 
Grant Hill
 
Eminem
 
Brian Schatz
 
Brad Paisley
 
Tracee Ellis Ross
 
Gabrielle Union

November edit

 
Jenny McCarthy
 
Jason London
 
Eric Dane
 
Josh Duhamel
 
Missi Pyle
 
Brian Baumgartner

December edit

 
Stanton Barrett
 
Jason Winer
 
Jason Mantzoukas
 
Alyssa Milano
 
LaTroy Hawkins
 
Kevin Stitt
 
Joey McIntyre

Full date unknown edit

 
Raffi Besalyan
 
Bigg D
 
Russell Boast
 
Sheletta Brundidge
 
Jason Goldberg
 
Erik LaRay Harvey

Deaths edit

 
Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
 
Mahalia Jackson
 
Orlando Ward
 
Basil O'Connor
 
Zack Wheat
 
J. Edgar Hoover
 
Dan Blocker
 
Max Theiler
 
Prescott Bush
 
Jackie Robinson
 
Ezra Pound
 
Louella Parsons
 
Harry S. Truman

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. 1972. p. 9.
  2. ^ Sayuri Daimon (May 14, 2002). "Handover of Okinawa to Japan was prickly issue". Japan Times. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. ^ United States (1973). United States Statutes at Large. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 146.
  4. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Chittum, Samme. "A Tale of Two DC-10s". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  6. ^ Michael A. Genovese (May 12, 2010). Encyclopedia of the American Presidency. Infobase Publishing. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-1-4381-2638-8.
  7. ^ Fulton Lewis (1972). The Top of the News with Fulton Lewis III. Fulton Lewis Productions. p. 249.
  8. ^ Observation of Meteoroid Impacts by Space-Based Sensors Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine astrosociety.org, 1998, 'Apollo asteroid about ten meters in diameter'
  9. ^ Bell, Daniel (March 17, 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  10. ^ The Summer Of Music Documentaries: 'Wattstax' National Public Radio, 2010-07-16.
  11. ^ "Crash at Farrell's". Archived from the original on March 20, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  12. ^ Lewis Deschler (1977). Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives: Including References to Provisions of the Constitution and Laws, and to Decisions of the Courts. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-16-087787-2.
  13. ^ John S. Bowman (1985). The Vietnam War: An Almanac. World Almanac Publications. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-911818-85-7.
  14. ^ US EPA, OCSPP (January 7, 2014). "DDT - A Brief History and Status". US EPA. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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  17. ^ "Data Bank of Scientists: Emma Perry Carr". Project NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics). California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  18. ^ Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P–S edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979, p. 372.
  19. ^ Whitman, Alden, "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies", The New York Times, (January 28, 1972) p. 1.
  20. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 14, 1972. p. 54. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  21. ^ "John Litel Dies". Independent Press-Telegram. February 5, 1972. p. 2. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.  
  22. ^ Gregory, Elizabeth (2017). Twenty-first century Marianne Moore. Essays from a critical Renaissance. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 257. ISBN 9783319651095.
  23. ^ Seabrook, Jack (1993). Martians and misplaced clues : the life and work of Fredric Brown. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780879725914.
  24. ^ "Lorenzo Wright Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  25. ^ "Gil Hodges dies of heart attack". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. April 3, 1972. p. 1B.
  26. ^ "Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. United States Congress. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  27. ^ Goodrich, Edna (1883–1971)
  28. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 128. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  29. ^ Smith, Michael (July 16, 2021). "Local voices: When did American slavery really end?". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  30. ^ Edward Sloman
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  32. ^ Peter Ackroyd (1980). Ezra Pound and His World. Scribner. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-684-16798-5.
  33. ^ Harry Richman Is Dead at 77; Broadway Singer of the 1930s
  34. ^ Nick Talevski (1999). The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7119-7548-4.
  35. ^ Gerald E. Wheeler (1995). Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet: A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 486. ISBN 978-0-945274-26-1.
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  37. ^ James Bohn (May 12, 2017). Music in Disney's Animated Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book. University Press of Mississippi. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4968-1215-5.
  38. ^ Paul Donnelley (2000). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-7119-7984-0.
  39. ^ Edward Earle

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