What Happened In February 1972 In History

Historical Events for February, 1972

• 1st » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• 2nd » The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday (1972) or Bloody Sunday.
• 3rd » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the List of natural disasters Blizzards e.g deadliest snowstorm in history.
• 5th » Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• 15th » Sound recording and reproduction Sound recordings are granted United States U.S. federal copyright Phonogram Convention protection United States copyright law Duration of copyright for the first time.
• 15th » José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
• 17th » Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T.
• 19th » The Asama-Sansō incident called Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
• 21st » The Soviet Union known as Soviet unmanned Spacecraft named spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• 22nd » The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
• 26th » The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
• 29th » Vietnam War: Vietnamization South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1972

• 1st » Kami (musician) known as Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (d. 1999)
• 1st » Yoshi DeHerrera, American television host
• 2nd » Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter
• 2nd » Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 2nd » Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer
• 3rd » Jesper Kyd, Danish composer
• 3rd » Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
• 4th » Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
• 4th » Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 5th » Kristopher Carter, American composer
• 5th » Koriki Choshu, Japanese comedian
• 5th » Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 6th » Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
• 6th » David Binn, American football player
• 7th » Essence Atkins, American actress
• 7th » Stephanie Cook, Scottish pentathlete
• 7th » Robyn Lively, American actress
• 7th » Amon Tobin, Brazilian DJ, producer, and songwriter (Two Fingers)
• 8th » Big Show, American wrestler and actor
• 9th » Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• 9th » Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
• 9th » Jason Winston George, American actor
• 9th » Norbert Rózsa, Hungarian swimmer
• 11th » Brian Daubach, American baseball player
• 11th » Craig Jones (musician) e.g Craig Jones, American keyboard player (Slipknot (band) called Slipknot)
• 11th » Steve McManaman, English footballer
• 11th » Bernd Meier, German footballer (d. 2012)
• 11th » Kelly Slater, American surfer
• 11th » Noboru Yamaguchi (author) e.g Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese author (d. 2013)
• 12th » Ajay Naidu, American actor
• 12th » Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 12th » Sophie Zelmani, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 13th » Charlie Garner, American football player
• 14th » Hiroshi (owarai) e.g Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
• 14th » Drew Bledsoe, American football player
• 14th » Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer
• 14th » Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer
• 15th » Anna-Jane Casey, English actress, singer, and dancer
• 15th » Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
• 16th » Jerome Bettis, American football player
• 16th » Grit Breuer, German sprinter
• 16th » Sarah Clarke, American actress
• 17th » Yuki (singer) or Yuki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Mean Machine (band) named Mean Machine, Judy and Mary, and NiNa)
• 17th » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Network, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
• 17th » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 17th » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
• 17th » Ralphie May, American comedian and actor
• 17th » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
• 17th » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer (Entombed (band) e.g Entombed and Morbid (band) named Morbid)
• 18th » Rupert Goold, English director
• 19th » Francine Fournier, American wrestler
• 19th » Sunset Thomas, American porn actress
• 20th » k-os, Canadian rapper and producer
• 20th » Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 20th » Neil Primrose (musician) or Neil Primrose, Scottish drummer (Travis (band) known as Travis)
• 21st » Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter (Sinawe)
• 22nd » Michael Chang, American tennis player
• 22nd » Laurence Leboucher, French cyclist
• 22nd » Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
• 23rd » Steve Holy, American singer
• 23rd » Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 23rd » Rondell White, American baseball player
• 24th » Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor, musician and actor
• 24th » Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Jason Byrne (comedian) or Jason Byrne, Irish comedian and radio host
• 25th » Jaak Mae, Estonian skier
• 26th » Jonny Quinn, Irish drummer (Snow Patrol)
• 27th » Jennifer Lyon, American contestant on 'Survivor: Palau' (d. 2010)
• 28th » Rory Cochrane, American actor
• 28th » Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor
• 29th » Iván García (athlete) e.g Iván García, Cuban sprinter
• 29th » Mike Pollitt, English footballer
• 29th » Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-American model and actor
• 29th » Dave Williams (musician) called Dave Williams, American singer-songwriter (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
• 29th » Saul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 29th » Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American television personality, cast member on 'The Real World: San Francisco' (d. 1994)

Famous Deaths for February 1972

• 2nd » Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 5th » Marianne Moore, American poet (b. 1887)
• 7th » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 8th » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
• 11th » Jan Wils, Dutch architect, designed the Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) named Olympic Stadium (b. 1891)
• 19th » John Grierson, Scottish-English director and producer (b. 1898)
• 19th » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 19th » Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 21st » Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
• 21st » Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 21st » Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
• 27th » Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 29th » Tom Davies (American football) known as Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)

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