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What Happened In July 1972 In History

Historical Events for July, 1972

  • 1st » The first Gay Pride march in Pride London called England takes place.
  • 9th » The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
  • 11th » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
  • 19th » Dhofar Rebellion: British Special Air Service known as SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
  • 21st » The Troubles: Bloody Friday (1972) Bloody Friday the Provisional Irish Republican Army Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
  • 23rd » The United States launches 'Landsat 1', the first Earth-resources satellite.
  • 24th » Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
  • 31st » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later tha

Famous Birthdays on July in 1972

  • 1st » Sunshine Becker, American singer (Furthur (band) known as Furthur)
  • 1st » Claire Forlani, English actress
  • 1st » Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist (BPM (band) e.g BPM and CAB (band) named CAB)
  • 1st » Steffi Nerius, German javelin thrower
  • 2nd » Darren Shan, English-Irish author
  • 3rd » Warren Furman, English-American actor
  • 3rd » Tõnu Samuel, Estonian computer programmer
  • 4th » Nina Badrić, Croatian singer-songwriter
  • 4th » Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer
  • 4th » William Goldsmith, American drummer (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters (band) called Foo Fighters, and The Fire Theft)
  • 4th » Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player
  • 5th » Matthew Birir, Kenyan runner
  • 5th » Robert Esmie, Canadian sprinter
  • 6th » Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer
  • 6th » Fabrice Colin, French author
  • 6th » Mark Gasser, English pianist and educator
  • 6th » Laurent Gaudé, French author
  • 6th » Greg Norton (baseball) named Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
  • 6th » Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
  • 7th » Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
  • 7th » Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
  • 7th » Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
  • 8th » Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 8th » Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
  • 8th » Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
  • 9th » Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter (The Slackers, Leftöver Crack, and Star Fucking Hipsters)
  • 10th » Urve Palo, Estonian politician
  • 10th » Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 10th » Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
  • 10th » Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Lacrimosa (band) called Lacrimosa)
  • 11th » Jussi 69, Finnish drummer (The 69 Eyes)
  • 11th » Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Kerbdog and Wilt)
  • 11th » Steven Richards, Australian race car driver
  • 11th » Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director, and producer
  • 12th » Travis Best, American basketball player
  • 12th » Brett Reed, American drummer (Rancid (band) known as Rancid and Devils Brigade)
  • 12th » Jake Wood, English actor
  • 13th » Sven Lõhmus, Estonian composer and producer
  • 13th » Sean Waltman, American wrestler
  • 14th » Deborah Mailman, Australian actress
  • 15th » Yao Defen, Chinese giant (d. 2012)
  • 15th » Scott Foley, American actor
  • 15th » Beth Ostrosky Stern, American model and actress
  • 16th » Ben Cahoon, American-Canadian football player and coach
  • 16th » François Drolet, Canadian speed skater
  • 17th » Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
  • 17th » Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 17th » Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X and Redemption (band) called Redemption)
  • 17th » Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 17th » Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972) known as Eric Williams, American basketball player
  • 19th » Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
  • 19th » David Lammy, English politician
  • 19th » Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
  • 20th » Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 20th » Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
  • 21st » Korey Cooper, American singer and guitarist (Skillet (band) called Skillet)
  • 21st » Shinjiro Otani, Japanese wrestler
  • 22nd » Colin Ferguson (actor) e.g Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer
  • 22nd » Seth Fisher, American illustrator (d. 2006)
  • 22nd » Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster
  • 22nd » Niclas Weiland, German footballer
  • 23rd » Giovane Élber, Brazilian footballer
  • 23rd » Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach
  • 23rd » Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 24th » Jen Miller, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 26th » Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
  • 26th » Indrek Sei, Estonian swimmer
  • 26th » Wayne Wonder, Jamaican singer-songwriter
  • 27th » Jill Arrington, American sportscaster
  • 27th » Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
  • 27th » Maya Rudolph, American actress and singer
  • 27th » Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
  • 28th » Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
  • 28th » Robert Chapman (cricketer) or Robert Chapman, English cricketer
  • 28th » Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
  • 28th » Ayesha Jhulka, Indian actress
  • 28th » Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
  • 29th » Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 30th » Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player
  • 31st » Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for July 1972

  • 2nd » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
  • 6th » Brandon deWilde, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
  • 7th » Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
  • 7th » Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
  • 9th » Robert Weede, American opera singer (b. 1903)
  • 10th » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
  • 10th » Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (b. 1882)
  • 20th » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer (b. 1930)
  • 21st » Ralph Craig, American sprinter (b. 1889)
  • 21st » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
  • 28th » Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
  • 28th » Charu Majumdar, Indian activist (b. 1918)
  • 30th » K. S. Arulnandhy, Sri Lankan academic (b. 1899)
  • 31st » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)

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