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What Happened In May 1972 In History

Historical Events for May, 1972

  • 2nd » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
  • 5th » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
  • 6th » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
  • 8th » Vietnam War U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place Naval mine or mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
  • 8th » Four Black September terrorists Sabena Flight 571 hijacking called hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
  • 13th » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Sennichi Department Store Building fire named Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
  • 13th » The Troubles: a car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks Battle at Springmartin named a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
  • 15th » Okinawa Prefecture known as Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its Battle of Okinawa named conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
  • 15th » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Governor of Alabama known as Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President.
  • 22nd » Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 26th » Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
  • 26th » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
  • 30th » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
  • 30th » In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1972

  • 1st » Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
  • 1st » Julie Benz, American actress
  • 2nd » Paul Adcock, English footballer
  • 2nd » Pandora Boxx, American drag queen performer
  • 2nd » Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman
  • 2nd » Dwayne Johnson, American wrestler, actor, and producer
  • 3rd » Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
  • 3rd » Shonie Carter, American mixed martial artist
  • 4th » Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
  • 4th » Mike Dirnt, American bass player and songwriter (Green Day, The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
  • 4th » Chris Tomlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 5th » James Cracknell, English rower
  • 6th » Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 6th » Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
  • 7th » Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)
  • 7th » Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-American animator
  • 7th » Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
  • 8th » Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter (Savage Garden)
  • 8th » Ray Whitney (ice hockey) named Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 9th » Lisa Ann, American porn actress
  • 9th » Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer
  • 9th » Dana Perino, American journalist and politician, 27th White House press secretary
  • 9th » Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast
  • 10th » Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
  • 11th » Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete
  • 11th » Amanda Freitag, American chef
  • 11th » Anita Hegh, Australian actress
  • 11th » Daniel Ornellas, South African bass player (Tree63)
  • 12th » Doug Basham, American wrestler
  • 13th » Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
  • 13th » Darryl Sydor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 13th » Pieta van Dishoeck, Dutch rower
  • 14th » Gabriel Mann, American actor
  • 14th » Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
  • 15th » Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 15th » David Charvet, French actor and singer
  • 15th » Conrad Keely, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
  • 16th » Christian Califano, French rugby player
  • 16th » Khary Payton, American actor
  • 17th » Roman Genn, Russian-American illustrator
  • 18th » Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 19th » Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)
  • 19th » Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Tina Hobley, English actress
  • 20th » Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Conglomerate (American group) called The Conglomerate and Leaders of the New School)
  • 21st » Adriano Cintra, Brazilian singer, guitarist, and producer (CSS (band) or CSS)
  • 21st » The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (Junior M.A.F.I.A. and The Commission (hip hop) e.g The Commission) (d. 1997)
  • 21st » Alesha Oreskovich, American model
  • 21st » Brett Tucker, Australian actor and singer
  • 22nd » Andrus Aug, Estonian cyclist
  • 22nd » Jaouad Gharib, Moroccan runner
  • 23rd » Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
  • 24th » Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Joanna Wiśniewska, Polish discus thrower
  • 25th » Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 26th » Kylie Ireland, American porn actress, director, and producer
  • 26th » Shary Boyle, Canadian sculptor and painter
  • 26th » Patsy Palmer, English actress
  • 26th » Alan White (Oasis drummer) or Alan White, English drummer (Oasis (band) or Oasis and Starclub)
  • 27th » Todd Demsey, American golfer
  • 27th » Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 28th » Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 28th » Kate Ashfield, English actress
  • 28th » Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
  • 29th » Közi, Japanese singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Malice Mizer and Eve of Destiny)
  • 29th » Stanislas (singer) or Stanislas, French singer-songwriter (Circus (French band) named Circus)
  • 29th » Bill Curley, American basketball player
  • 29th » Simon Jones (musician) e.g Simon Jones, English singer and bass player (The Verve, The Shining (band) or The Shining, and Black Submarine)
  • 30th » Sōichirō Hoshi, Japanese voice actor
  • 30th » Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player
  • 31st » Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
  • 31st » Karl Geary, Irish-American actor
  • 31st » John Godina, American shot putter and discus thrower
  • 31st » Sarah Murdoch, English-Australian model and actress
  • 31st » Antti Niemi (footballer) or Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer and coach
  • 31st » Archie Panjabi, English actress
  • 31st » Dave Roberts (outfielder) known as Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach

Famous Deaths for May 1972

  • 2nd » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
  • 3rd » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner (b. 1883)
  • 3rd » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
  • 3rd » Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (b. 1944)
  • 4th » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
  • 4th » Manny Ziener, German actress (b. 1887)
  • 6th » Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish activist (b. 1947)
  • 11th » Michael Blassie, American lieutenant (b. 1948)
  • 13th » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 22nd » Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish-English poet and author (b. 1904)
  • 22nd » Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
  • 24th » Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor (b. 1915)
  • 28th » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
  • 29th » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
  • 29th » Prithviraj Kapoor, Pakistani-Indian actor (b. 1906)
  • 29th » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer (b. 1878)
  • 31st » Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician (b. 1895)

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