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What Happened In January 1972 In History

Historical Events for January, 1972

  • 4th » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
  • 5th » United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
  • 10th » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
  • 11th » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
  • 14th » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
  • 20th » Pakistan launched its Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction called Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
  • 24th » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been Japanese holdout named since the end of World War II.
  • 30th » Bloody Sunday (1972) or Bloody Sunday: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) called British Paratroopers open fire on and kill fourteen unarmed civil rights/anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.
  • 30th » Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1972

  • 1st » Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
  • 1st » Yermakhan Ibraimov, Kazakh boxer
  • 1st » Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player
  • 1st » Lilian Thuram, French footballer
  • 2nd » Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Rodney MacDonald, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
  • 2nd » Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
  • 2nd » Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Janek Kiisman, Estonian footballer
  • 3rd » Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
  • 4th » Charlotte Hudson, English actress
  • 4th » James Longley (filmmaker) named James Longley, American director and producer
  • 5th » Philip Davies, English politician
  • 5th » Nikki Nova, American porn actress and model
  • 5th » Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer and actor
  • 6th » Nek, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 7th » Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
  • 8th » Paul Clement (football coach) or Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 8th » Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
  • 9th » Sarah Beeny, English television host
  • 9th » Mat Hoffman, American motocross racer
  • 9th » Jay Powell, American baseball player
  • 9th » Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
  • 10th » Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier
  • 10th » Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
  • 10th » Brian Lawler, American wrestler
  • 11th » Marc Blucas, American actor
  • 11th » Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Aquabats)
  • 11th » Amanda Peet, American actress
  • 12th » Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
  • 12th » Jason Sklar, American comedian and sportscaster
  • 12th » Randy Sklar, American comedian and sportscaster
  • 12th » Priyanka Vadra, Indian politician
  • 13th » Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
  • 13th » Nicole Eggert, American actress
  • 13th » Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, founded JYP Entertainment
  • 13th » Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-American journalist
  • 13th » Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
  • 14th » Kyle Brady, American football player
  • 14th » Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
  • 14th » James Key (Formula One) called James Key, English engineer
  • 14th » Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
  • 15th » Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
  • 15th » Ernie Reyes, Jr. American actor, stuntman, and martial artist
  • 15th » Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-American porn actress
  • 15th » Claudia Winkleman, English journalist
  • 16th » Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
  • 16th » Ang Christou, Australian footballer
  • 16th » Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
  • 16th » Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
  • 16th » Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
  • 16th » Salah Hissou, Moroccan runner
  • 16th » Joe Horn, American football player
  • 16th » Richard T. Jones, Japanese-American actor
  • 16th » Greg Page (musician) named Greg Page, Australian singer and actor (The Wiggles)
  • 16th » Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
  • 17th » Benno Fürmann, German actor
  • 17th » Ken Hirai, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 19th » Angham, Egyptian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 19th » Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
  • 19th » Drea de Matteo, American actress
  • 19th » Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
  • 19th » Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
  • 19th » Elena Kaliská, Slovak canoe racer
  • 19th » R-Truth, American wrestler
  • 19th » Troy Wilson (Australian rules footballer) named Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
  • 20th » Tony DeVito, American wrestler
  • 21st » Alan Benes, American baseball player
  • 21st » Rickard Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
  • 21st » Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
  • 21st » Cat Power, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 22nd » Katie Barberi, Mexican actress
  • 22nd » Gabriel Macht, American actor
  • 22nd » Romi Park, Japanese voice actress
  • 22nd » Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver) known as Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (d. 1999)
  • 22nd » Namrata Shirodkar, Indian actress
  • 23rd » Gavin Barwell, English politician
  • 23rd » Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
  • 23rd » Lisa Snowdon, English model and television host
  • 23rd » Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer
  • 24th » Daniel Kawczynski, Polish-born British politician
  • 24th » Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter
  • 24th » Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer
  • 24th » Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor
  • 24th » Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian martial artist and politician
  • 26th » Peter Peschel, German footballer
  • 27th » Wynne Evans, Welsh tenor
  • 27th » Janine Ilitch, Australian netball player
  • 27th » Mark Owen, English singer-songwriter (Take That)
  • 27th » Josh Randall, American actor
  • 27th » Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
  • 28th » Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
  • 28th » Indrek Sammul, Estonian actor
  • 28th » Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
  • 29th » Matt Brandstein, American author
  • 29th » Brian Wood (comics) called Brian Wood, American author and illustrator
  • 30th » Lupillo Rivera, American singer
  • 30th » Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player

Famous Deaths for January 1972

  • 1st » Maurice Chevalier, French actor (b. 1888)
  • 3rd » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
  • 7th » John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914)
  • 7th » Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek songwriter (b. 1893)
  • 8th » Kenneth Patchen, American poet (b. 1911)
  • 9th » Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
  • 10th » Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
  • 14th » Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
  • 14th » Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
  • 15th » Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
  • 16th » Teller Ammons, American politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
  • 16th » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks) (b. 1919)
  • 17th » Betty Smith, American author (b. 1896)
  • 19th » Michael Rabin (violinist) named Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
  • 25th » Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
  • 27th » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. 1888)
  • 27th » Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)

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